[furgle (Adam)]

Originally Posted by The_bluester

What sort of average range do you get out of 85KWH, or percentage thereof?

It is one thing I have never really seen, there is all sort of blurb about estimated touring range, but how far can $25 worth of electrons actually drive you in normal real world use with aircon and headlights etc?

full charge on 85kwh = ~400km. Air conditioning doesn't use much power, I haven't really noticed a difference in range while using it. The car lowers down close to the road at highway speeds for better range. I don't know exactly what the price of electrons are these days, but at an estimate of $0.27/kwh, a full charge is around $23. That gets you 400km in a large, high performance luxury car. After 18 months, I've rarely charged at home, and when I do, I lower the charge rate to utilise my on-roof solar.

Originally Posted by N1

Rumour has it that such technology already exists.... I don't know what the story is exactly, cause I'd have to get out of my car to find out

Ewww. public transport!

Originally Posted by doppler

Not sure where the free part is they have probably paid $100000 for the batteries in the car and how many years do they last?

10 years replacement, unlimited km warranty. Reports so far on the older models are very little degradation due to the active liquid cooling and charge management of the battery.