Tesla Roadster Travels 313 Miles on a Single Charge

[Matthijs]

https://www.teslamotors.com/media/press_room.php?id=2022

This is impressive! 501 km! This must be 100 dod.

[Rhodomel]

they've used hyper miling technique.

But if you really factor in the distance, the travel time and the time to recharge the Tesla, it would be about 3 times slower than the Aptera given the same parameters.

[Matthijs]

they've used hyper miling technique.

But if you really factor in the distance, the travel time and the time to recharge the Tesla, it would be about 3 times slower than the Aptera given the same parameters.

If you look at it like that, then you realize what an extraordinary EV the Aptera really is.

[Rhodomel]

If you look at it like that, then you realize what an extraordinary EV the Aptera really is.

My point exactly. I've been hinting this group in a very subtle way that the Aptera is truly a lot better car than the Tesla roadster. Pack the Aptera with plenty of batteries and powerful motors with appropriate drive train, and with its stable front wheel drive, it will make the Tesla eat the dust of Aptera. But of course it remains to be seen. But what we have now, considering the price, the range, the efficiency, and overall speed from point A to point B, normalizing for total time (including recharge) per unit distance traveled, and the cost of power per unit distance, the Aptera is by far the better vehicle than the Tesla.

[NeilBlanchard]

Hi,

The Solectria Sunrise went 375 miles on a single charge:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/NeilBlanchard/SolectriaSunrise-Original.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/NeilBlanchard/SolectriaSunrise.png

So, the "world record" claim by the Tesla is qualified by it being a production electric car.