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I'm betting that its range is much shorter than 112 miles when ridden at higher speeds. Right now with the methods of electricity production in the US electric vehicles of any type aren't anymore economical, don't pollute less, or offer any other advantages over the gasoline engines using our current technology.

 

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You failed to add the cost of battery replacement in your mileage equation as well as the pollution problems presented by disposing of the toxic components of those batteries.

 

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Check out the slag piles and the pools of caustic effluent in the battery "recycling" yards in Taiwan where the majority of our batteries wind up. I know from living with battery power from my off grid system just how long batteries will last, and it certainly isn't as long as an internal combustion engine. Plus IC engines can be rebuilt, unlike batteries.

 

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All good and perfectly valid points seruzawa. I was just trying to keep it simple for those who have never had real world experience dealing with battery technology.