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Old September 24th 10, 09:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Electric locomotion will replace internal combustion

Mark wrote:
On Sep 24, 2:37Â*pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Mark wrote:
On Sep 24, 1:40Â*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote:
On Sep 23, 12:30Â*pm, wrote:


In other words, there is nothing in production that makes even the
120 miles you claim.


Jim Pennino


300 ÷ 120 = 2.5


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Mark


So now you are claiming that there is a pure electric car in
production that gets 300 miles to a charge?


Where is it?


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Jim Pennino


Oh, I think you may find it about 8 posts
back above this one, where I told you the first
time. However, they frequently exceed that
distance.


The Tesla Roadster only claims 245 miles/charge.
The Tesla Model S claims 300 miles/charge, but Tesla says it wont be
available till 2012.

Oh yeah - the Tesla Roadster has a list price of $109,000.
The Tesla Model S is listed at $56,500.
There is a $7500 tax incentive that drops those prices a little.

You can buy a pretty nice plane for $109k.


At this juncture we're discussing whether the technology
exists, and if it's going mainstream.


No, where are discussing whether or not the technology is on the market
with a side discussion of how affordable it is if it is on the market.


In 1969 I paid $75.00 for a calculator. It had 7 functions...
[ On, Off, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, and Clear ]


Complex chips were infant technology in 1969.

Batteries and electric motors are mature technologies.

All the improvements in both in the last few decades have been in the area
of expensive materials engineering, i.e. rare earth elements.


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Jim Pennino

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