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Rob (not verified)    August 1, 2012 - 6:53PM

If your battery had a 200 mile range you could have done each day in one leg with no charging breaks then trickle charged overnight where you were staying. Trickle charging is much friendlier for extending battery life. With a 200 mile pack the total number of discharge cycles of your battery would have been 3-4 times less and discharge cycles is one of the biggest determinants of battery life, in addition the depth of discharge would also have been less which is also important for battery life. Personally I think the sweet spot is about 200 miles, anything over that and the extra weight and expense isnt worth the payoff for the tiny percentage of trips such range would allow, 200 miles makes the odd 600 mile per day road trip a possibility with 2-3 charging breaks at high powered chargers.

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