Car News - TRENDS automotive world is now slowly but surely shift to electric-powered vehicle drive systems / battery. The big question still hanging is, how long these vehicles can be used?
Tesla Motors could be regarded as the pioneer of electric vehicle (EV) by producing a Roadster sports car in early 2008. With his success in 1600 to sell electric cars, they have a natural research laboratory that can answer that question.
A customer Tesla 83rd in Europe named Hansjorg von Gemmingen, has just recorded a number of 100,000 km on the odometer of his vehicle. Von Gemmingen living in southwest Germany is consistently driving the electric vehicle even during winter.
Every night, he took advantage of the source of electricity in the house at night to electric shocks over his vehicle.
When the daily journey, including when he was running his vehicle as far as 800 km to Berlin last year, Von Gemmingen said he had no difficulty at all to do shock the vehicle's battery.
"As long as we easily see all the way socket, it is very easy to bring this vehicle to wherever you like," Von Gemmingen proud.
Electric vehicles much lighter treatment. He does not need an oil change or spark plugs will confuse us even own what needs to be done along the vehicle is used up to 100,000 km, in addition to cleaning the body from the dirt course.
Nevertheless, Tesla advocated the owner to serve out the standards and diagnostic examination once a year or every 19,000 km. And because the Tesla has its own service centers, the company can use it to get feedback from all the vehicles it produces.
Information, according to Tesla, they will use to improve various aspects of the Model S sedan which will be produced in mid 2012.
