994 MILES ON ONE TANK OF ELECTRICITY

[RIMSPOKE]

A GERMAN TEAM SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE FARTHEST DISTANCE

DRIVEN ON A SINGLE CHARGE IN AN ELECTRIC CAR ... 994 MILES !

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15326634,00.html

THEY WERE ONLY GOING 28 MILES AN HOUR SO FOUR DRIVERS WERE NEEDED TO OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF BOREDOM

BUT THIS IS STILL AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES .

I BET THEY USED NEW BATTERIES TOO .

[SteveJ]

THEY WERE ONLY GOING 28 MILES AN HOUR SO FOUR DRIVERS WERE NEEDED TO OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF BOREDOM

Using only one driver = 28mph, got bored, fell asleep, drove off the road and got killed.

Same situation, but let's up the speed by 100mph. = 128mph, was definitley NOT bored, NO way to fall asleep, would only drive off the road due to poor driver skills, and would arrive at their destination in just under 8 hours, not a day and a half.

I do like the one line on the Nissan commercial. Their quote is something about "what if an electric car felt...well...electric."