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Oh burned.]]>Oct 31st 2009 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/500km in Australia probably doesn't even have corners.]]>Oct 31st 2009 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
And to everyone who says that you're just shifting the pollution from cars to power plants, I'd rather have a few hundred power plants to make cleaner than a few hundred thousand cars.]]>Oct 31st 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/imagine when every mall parking, resturaunts, your office and obviously your garage all charge the car.

if there is a solar charging station set up in almost all personal and commercial parking lots, and the car charges off while its parked there, there almost would never be a situation when you need to go 500 kilometers without having even one point of charge. and in those kinds of situations, chances are there currently isnt a gas station there either.

what we need to do to get there is rather than promoting longer charges or mileages, which btw are awesome in themseleves, is to get faster methods of charging, and more importantly easier methods of charging. next thing you know electric cars would have the palm pre touchstone type of contact charging, and that could be implemented in roads. combine that with pizoelectric roads and..... oh damn. you didnt hear anything *starts filing patent*]]>Oct 31st 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
The magic number is about 500 miles, that's what my mini-van does on a full tank of cruise-controlled highway driving. The real problem is the recharging. Once you burn up your miles, it can be up to 8 hours to recharge... that totally sucks versus 10-15 minutes at the service station to fill up gas. At this point fuel cells seem most interesting because they convert hydrocarbons chemically to electricity, which is 2-3x as efficient as burning the gas for mechanical energy. Because the conversion is controlled it's easier to control the environmental byproducts in fuel cells. Hydrocarbons (gas, diesel, ethanol) are still the best reasonable energy storage mechanisms for easy access to large amounts of energy. ]]>Nov 2nd 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Nov 2nd 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.internode.on.net/, the kick ass aussie ISP who actually broke the record]]>Oct 31st 2009 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
And yes, Internode does kick arse.]]>Oct 31st 2009 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
Congrats to him!]]>Oct 31st 2009 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
Stuff in 1993 $100,000 cars are now standard in Honda Accords. Of course it's relevant. Tesla isn't just going to make supercars... they are going to make cars that are totally attainable. These advances will make an impact on your life.]]>Oct 31st 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/Oct 31st 2009 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
They drove 501 km... but it is another 100 km to the nearest recharge station. bummer.]]>Oct 31st 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/
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