Japanese team sets new standard: 1000km on a single charge

[GoFlyKiteNow]

Japanese team sets new standard: 1000km on a single charge.

Giving us yet another reason to get behind electric, the Japan Electric Vehicle Club recently exceeded its own Guinness record for longest distance driven without recharging, achieving a staggering 1,003.184 km (or about 623 miles).

The club's Mira EV, a modified Daihatsu Mira, was powered by a Sanyo battery system containing more than 8,320 lithium-ion batteries, the very same kind found in laptop PCs.

Running at a speed of about 40 km/h (or about 25 mph), the team employed 17 people taking turns as drivers during the course of their 27.5 hour effort. It took place at a track in Shimotsuma, in Ibaraki Prefecture.

While Guinness World Records still recognizes their previous 555.6 km journey from Tokyo to Osaka last year as the official record, the team has requested that the organization officially recognize this latest feat as the new milestone, according to Kyodo News.

Given that they nearly doubled the previous standard, one hopes that this drive makes it into the books.

 

[zuoom]

how many li-ion batteries were there again? also, what's the life cycle of those battery when put in a high drain situation like n EV (electric vehicle).

 

[cooleo]

>>Running at a speed of about 40 km/h (or about 25 mph), the team employed 17 people taking turns as drivers during the course of their 27.5 hour effort. It took place at a track in Shimotsuma, in Ibaraki Prefecture.<<

Looks like a joke. 40km/hr is fine if u drive to Anti-U-See, but a road hazard on highways

 

[longbow]

While good for R&D info, 1000km serves no real achievement. It all depends on how light the car is before the batteries, how many batteries you squeeze into the car. On top of that for real world applications - recharge time, battery lifespan, heat generated and potential danger in a crash situation.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

>>Running at a speed of about 40 km/h (or about 25 mph), the team employed 17 people taking turns as drivers during the course of their 27.5 hour effort. It took place at a track in Shimotsuma, in Ibaraki Prefecture.<<

Looks like a joke. 40km/hr is fine if u drive to Anti-U-See, but a road hazard on highways

27.5 hours on 40 km/h is a good time period for them to talk about their economy.

 

[bryanlim1972]

toyota's mr2 MK-IV gas-electric hybrid is the way to go... too bad its only a prototype

 

[Watchman]

Try in a peak hour jam with stop go stop go pattern .