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Re: Dutch venture plans cheap, powerful electric cars
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Originally Posted by johnstarnes
Global warming or not, I feel this is a very positive development! 200 mile range per charge? A much more powerful motor that is many times lighter than current ones? Potent acceleration? Pretty impressive technology from a small company as GM struggles to get the 40 mile range Volt out by 2010....in test fleets only. I wonder if this company might be a new "Ford and Model T". Thanks for posting this.
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We don't think a pure EV version of the Volt couldn't get this kind of range. If you replaced the range extender with more batteries it's not out of the question. Lutz's comments on the Volts challenges has been about testing control software and battery longevity. If you didn't have to have a range extender and could just stuff it full of batteries, it could be on the road now I would guess.
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