Friday, May 28, 2010
  Longest electric car journey  - Mira EV sets world record
   TOKYO , Japan -- With 8320 Sanyo No.18650 batteries (worth $55 000), Mira EV , an electrically powered Daihatsu Mira developed by the Japan Electric Vehicle Club went 623 miles (1,003.18 km) on a single charge - setting the new world record for the Longest electric car journey .

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   Mira almost doubled its previous Guinness world record of 555.6km set last November, finally rolling to a stop after 1003.18km.

   The car named Mira EV travelled at speeds of around 40 kph and ran for 27.5 hours covering a distance of 1,003 km without being recharged on a racing course in Shimotsuma in Ibaraki Prefecture.

    It took 17 drivers 27 hours to complete the new world record for the Longest electric car journey over the weekend with the car cruising around a racing track in Shimotsuma, Japan, at a steady 40km/h.

   Sanyo Electric Co is the world’s largest rechargeable battery manufacturer, and while this power solution is far from viable for mass production, the company is working with another Japanese small car maker on a much more practical project.

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Friday, May 28, 2010


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