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Chinese Electric Car Claims 250-Mile Range

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If BYD’s claims for the E6 pan out, it could be the breakthrough for electric cars.

There’s a capitalist mantra that says if one person doesn’t do something well enough, someone else will always come along to do it better. Well, it turns out that “one person” is us in this scenario, the “someone else” is Chinese carmaker BYD, and “it” is an electric car that can travel 250 miles on one charge. —JCL

The BBC:

BYD says that its new E6 electric car due out before the end of the year will do 250 miles (400km) on a single charge.

This is a very big number. The Tesla electric sports car does almost as much, but has little room for anything else in the car but the battery.

The E6 is roomy with space for five passengers and a good-sized boot. The battery tucks under the back seat.

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By Robert Lee, October 24 at 4:26 pm #
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Another first for China!

Well done. There’s nothing wrong with electric cars and one day soon they will become more efficient, better and cheaper.

Let’s face it as a run around car or even a city car they are perfect. London has for years had electric top up points on the streets plus incentives such as no car tax for electric cars.

I am sure there will be even further advancements in this field in the not too ditant futue.

Robert Lee
Founder
The Climate Change Challenge
http://www.climatechangechallenge.org

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By so left i am right, October 24 at 9:33 am #

What about winter? Turn on that defroster, so you can see, and bingo - your
range gets cut in half.

Hot outside? Global Warming from all those coal power plants got you sweating?
Crank up the AC in this baby and watch your range get cut down to 1/3.

Can’t wait…

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By Inherit The Wind, October 24 at 7:45 am #

250 Miles!

(but only if you are going down-hill…)

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By so left i am right, October 23 at 8:46 am #

Oh boy! I can’t wait to see how many mega-toxic-coal powered electric
generating plants the world has to add to convert all the gas cars to plug-in
electric. Even just China will have to increase its generating capacity by at least 10
fold! That should just about seal the bid on life on earth…

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By GregDiablo, October 23 at 12:24 am #

I’d never fit in that damn thing even if I could afford it.

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By Folktruther, October 22 at 1:08 pm #

Wow. China is becoming a leader in renewabble energy, its coal fired plants making pollution an enormous Chinese problem. but fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money for a car.

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