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posted by CoolHand on Thursday September 21 2017, @05:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the driving-all-day dept.

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Think it was impressive when a Tesla club drove a Model S nearly 670 miles? It has nothing on what Proterra just managed. The startup just drove a Catalyst E2 Max electric bus a whopping 1,101.2 miles on a single charge. That's the furthest any EV has managed before recharging, and well past the 1,013.8 miles driven by the previous record-holder, a one-seat experimental car nicknamed "Boozer." It's not hard to see how Proterra managed the feat when you know about the technology, but this still bodes well for eco-friendly public transportation.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/19/electric-bus-travels-record-1101-miles-on-one-charge/


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  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Thursday September 21 2017, @07:03PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Thursday September 21 2017, @07:03PM (#571329)

    Take a look at a lot of the retirement communities in Florida, with a large portion of the population running around in electric golf carts.

    Don't get so many golf carts in the UK. What we get more of is "mobility scooters" which were meant for the disabled but tend to be used by anyone over 70 for the same purpose.

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