Entrepreneur converted a scrapper E39 BMW into a 382-mile EV

Mavus · 06-20-2017, 04:32 PM

Electric Car Built From Recycled Trash Beats Tesla Model S Range

Recently, a man with a homebrewed, $13,000 electric car called the Phoenix drove over 380 miles on a single charge, leaving a Tesla Model S that was along for the drive in its electron-laden dust. The man who built the car, Eric Lundgren, CEO of IT Asset Partners, says it’s a world record for road-going electric vehicle range (a Guinness World Record certification is in the works). And it was all done with a car built from trash.

Link:
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/el...model-s-range/

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Apologies if repost but didn't find it.

danniexi · 06-21-2017, 07:40 AM

thats a buttload of batteries in the front. i wonder what the weight difference is between that and a normal ICE as well as the effect handling characteristics.

JorgenM · 06-21-2017, 02:37 PM

Keeping my Model S (and i3)

ShocknAwe · 06-21-2017, 08:11 PM

Until an EV can travel 300 miles per charge and stop in to a service station, charge up in 5 minutes (and be able to do this repeatedly for 10+ years without needing a new set of batteries) and go another 300 miles repeating the cycle ad-nauseum, the tech isn't ready.

Good story though.

mjn77 · 07-01-2017, 04:39 PM

Was that an article about an EV E39 or recycling e-waste.......?

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Mavus Colonel 2026 Rep 2,669 Posts Drives: E90 335i, F80 zcp Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: PA iTrader: (9)	Entrepreneur converted a scrapper E39 BMW into a 382-mile EV Electric Car Built From Recycled Trash Beats Tesla Model S Range Recently, a man with a homebrewed, $13,000 electric car called the Phoenix drove over 380 miles on a single charge, leaving a Tesla Model S that was along for the drive in its electron-laden dust. The man who built the car, Eric Lundgren, CEO of IT Asset Partners, says it’s a world record for road-going electric vehicle range (a Guinness World Record certification is in the works). And it was all done with a car built from trash. Link: http://www.automobilemag.com/news/el...model-s-range/ P.S. Apologies if repost but didn't find it.
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