I managed to find the article. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/1600-miles-on-a-single-charge-student- built-ev-sets-new-world-record/
shortcut: https://v.gd/X9prd1 Top speed 42 km/h Weight 170kg For comparison, in 1987 the GM Sunraycer won the World Solar Challenge - all energy from the sun - with an average speed of 41.6mph. Top speed 109 km/h Weight 177 kg These - and many others over the decades - are literal academic exercises. Maybe an obscenely wealthy person could commission one like them as a toy. Most of us couldn't, and probably wouldn't want to anyway. Cool as they are, they're not really very safe or practical for public roads. Wouldn't it be great if the automakers hired some of these students and put them to work applying some of their efficiency optimizations to production EVs? Dream on, I guess .... David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Any time you see a group with the word liberty, freedom, or truth in its name, you can be sure that it stands for the exact opposite. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
