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Old 02-26-2009, 11:02 PM
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Re: Tesla electric car

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Originally Posted by batman281 View Post
Well if you google a bit, you will come up with this link:

http://www.teslamotors.com/performan...and_torque.php
Thats some interesting info on the Tesla batman281, however I read through the link and can't find the answers to my questions, infact it raised two more questions:

1. Say I want to take a 300 mile road trip with the Tesla. The battery will go only 220 miles on a full charge,
a. where will I get it charged? and b.How long will it take to charge ( will I have to sit around a couple of hours until the battery is recharged?
If so, the time it would take wouldn't be worth the trip.

2. The battery is a lithium battery. Although they claim it is very safe, I heard of some lithium batteries recently being recalled because they get too hot and catch on fire.
So, just how safe are the batteries?
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