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BTW, that trip was less than 23 mph on average.]]>May 27th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/
It's made of the same kind of rubber they use in super balls. It's so light, it just bounces off whatever it hits :-)]]>May 27th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/
My point is that this thing is packing 8000+ li-ion cells, I'd imagine there would be some damage/mess, but upon some further reading, I discovered the batteries wouldn't explode or burn like I thought they would lol.]]>May 27th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/yeah pretty the same as pretol cars with 60 liter of gasoline in it]]>May 27th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/
Li-ion batteries are actually pretty sturdy, and relatively inert. Just don't stick them in a fire or short the terminals. So in terms of crash safely, its certainly no worse than a gasoline-powered vehicle.]]>May 27th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/ MPG, still fun read though.]]>May 27th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/But at double the speed you would probably get near half of that range, and an average speed of 45mph for 300miles is pretty good going. I think the key point of this exercise was purely to try and help break down people's perceptions that EV cars are always range constricted. It's still got a way to go but it's a step in the right direction.]]>May 27th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/
Wind resistance is not usually factored in until around 15 mph, then the power required to overcome the resistance is squared with each mph gained. It starts at almost zero resistance at 15 mph, and goes up exponentially from there (obviously).]]>May 27th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/
But then again, I hate people so...]]>May 27th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/T = 27.5 hours
D = 623.76 miles
meaning S = 22.68 mph]]>May 27th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/electric-daihatsu-mira-goes-623-miles-on-a-charge-but-not-to-a/May 27th 2010 4:57PM