Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge

thecarchik writes with this quote from AllCarsElectric: "We all know that battery packs are the weakest link in electric vehicles. Not only are they heavy and expensive, but they take a long time to recharge and on average can only provide around 100 miles per charge. A German-based company has changed all that with a new vehicle capable of driving up to 375 miles at moderate highway speeds. ... It doesn't end there. The company responsible for the battery pack, DBM Energy, claims a battery pack efficiency of 97 percent and a recharge time of around 6 minutes when charged from a direct current source. Unlike the small Daihatsu which was heavily modified by a team in Japan earlier this year that achieved a massive 623 miles on a charge at around 27 mph, the Audi A2 modified by DBM Energy was able to achieve its 375 miles range at an average speed of 55 mph."

Re:One thick cable....

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't worry, we knew immediately you weren't an EE. There was no need to clarify.

Re:Power required to charge?

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know anyone with a 150kW electrical service to their house. Do you?

Dr. Frankenstein already solved that problem with lightning rods :)
Next!!

Re:One thick cable....

[nonguru]

I'm sure you can use can use Monster Hi-Fi cables with suitable adapters. The quality of the electrical storage is so much better than with the cheaper alternative - 3/4 listeners recommend it...

Re:oh crap

[Anonymous Coward]

Again?

Re:Power required to charge?

[Shark]

Might be tricky riding in a car with one moving part... Unless you plan to go in through a permanently open window like the Dukes of Hazard... And drive exclusively in a straight line while suffering every bump in the road.

Re:How long does it last?

[Jeremi]

It's incredibly expensive to build your own personal nuclear power plant just to be able to charge your car in six minutes!

True... but it's totally worth it.

Re:How long does it last?

[tom17]

I wonder if there is a device that would only allow electricity to pass in one direction. If there was, I could envision a small array of these devices set up in a kind of diamond pattern, such that AC going in could end up as DC coming out. Granted, the DC would still have the peaks and troughs of the AC, but maybe that could be 'smoothed' out with some kind of intermediate electricity 'buffer' if there is such a thing.

Interesting.

Re:Rubbish

[zevans]

I thought it was common knowledge that a bolt of lightning provides 1.21 Gigawatts.

All you need to do is capture that lightning and instantaneously use it to charge the battery bank.

And as a bonus, we won't need roads where we are going!

Re:How long does it last?

[zevans]

On the other hand, efficiently supplying a continuous average of 1.67 MW of electric power to every gas station in the U.S., including those in remote areas and on remote roads, is a complete pipe dream unless someone comes up with room temperature superconductors.

There's your answer right there! See also: Ringworld.

Re:How long does it last?

[CecilPL]

Brilliant. This device you've described would completely rectify the problem!