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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 07:01 AM
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any one heard of it ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rh2t...elated&search=
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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 08:04 AM
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Not a bad looking little car.

6000 batteries and 90K
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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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The batteries are wired in series. If one goes bad, you have to test them one at time. Kinda' like old Christmas lights used to be. They say it takes a week and a half to test them all. But usually you only have to check 3-4000 before you find it. GM designed the batterypack for Tesla. It was rumored that Dorman started engineering an aftermarket replacement 2 hours and twenty minutes after GM was awarded the contract.



Only kidding. A good start. Tesla says the batteries should last 100K miles. Don't know if they are warrantied for same. 3 1/2 hours for a 250 mi charge. Curious to hear if the needles spin off of your electric meter during charging.
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Originally Posted by charliemax
It was rumored that Dorman started engineering an aftermarket replacement 2 hours and twenty minutes after GM was awarded the contract.
ROFL! That'* a good one!
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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 11:46 PM
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Couldn't you wire sensors to those batteries and connect them to a diagnostic port? That seems like it would be pretty logical
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 07:00 AM
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charliemax wrote:
Curious to hear if the needles spin off of your electric meter during charging.
Comes with a solar panel so your running power positive not negitive
If I had $90,000 for a car Im not going to lie
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