Re:Tesla owner drives 452 miles on single charge
by Animats on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @12:16AM
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Right, big deal. "Nyland and the charitable friend who drove with him had to cruise an excruciatingly slow 25 miles-per-hour at near zero elevation to pull off the feat." This is like those solar car events where people find some long, straight road and drive bicycle-like things with solar panels very slowly. With a good road and hard tires, it takes very little energy to go a long way, slowly.
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Re:Tesla owner drives 452 miles on single charge
by 07d046 on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @12:55AM
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Those solar cars aren't slow.
> By 2005, several teams were handicapped by the South Australian speed limit of 110 km/h (68 mph), as well as the difficulties of support crews keeping up with 130 km/h (81 mph) race vehicles. It was generally agreed that the challenge of building a solar vehicle capable of crossing Australia at vehicular speeds had been met and exceeded.