Luxury Electric to drive a long-range electric car across the U.S.A.
August 27th, 2008
Luxury Electric have used the 2008 Democratic National Convention as a platform to announce the company’s intention to drive its fully electric prototype (a retrofitted Acura TL) across the United States in an effort to prove that fully electric vehicles will be practical for longer journeys as well as the short-range commuting at which they already excel.
The prototype vehicle (known simply as “The Electric”) will carry some 24 Lithium-ion cells, which give it a range of around 140 miles. Each time the batteries run out, the car needs to be plugged in to a regular power outlet for about 10 minutes - so the average ‘fuel stop’ time will be longer and more frequent than it would for a petrol powered car, but still not a major hindrance or hassle. (more…)