{"id":19327,"date":"2013-12-02T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=313814"},"modified":"2013-12-02T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T16:16:25","slug":"japanese-team-sets-world-record-for-driving-longest-distance-on-single-ev-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/japanese-team-sets-world-record-for-driving-longest-distance-on-single-ev-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Team Sets World Record for Driving Longest Distance on Single EV Charge"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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A four-driver team in Japan shattered a world record in November, driving an electric vehicle<\/a> (EV) more than 800 miles on just one battery charge.<\/p>\n

The members took turns driving a remodeled electric Every minivan from Suzuki Motor Corp. around Ogata village in Japan’s Akita Prefecture, the Japan Times<\/a> <\/em>reported. The group, which included 64-year-old former Dakar Rally winner Kenjiro Shinozuka, drove a total of 813 miles around the village’s 15.5-mile course. Members of the Japan EV Club<\/a> (JEVC) set the previous one-charge record for an EV in 2010 at 623 miles in a converted Daihatsu Mira<\/a> van, according to Green Car Reports.<\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_313821\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"500\"]\"The<\/a> The members of a Japanese driving team celebrate after setting a record the for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge in Akita Prefecture. Photo credit: Kyodo News[\/caption]\n

The drivers set the record a slow pace, estimated at about 18 miles per hour. It likely took about 45 hours. Still, the team plans to file a request with Guinness World Records<\/a> for the accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Guinness does not list the JEVC record. Instead, the most current EV record listed for the distance traveled on one charge is the 345 miles driven by Tadashi Tateuchi<\/a> in 2009, from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan.<\/p>\n

Five men of the United Kingdom set the record<\/a> for the longest distance traveled in an EV by driving 5,349.52 miles from Land’s End, around mainland UK and back for four months in 2007. <\/p>\n

Suzuki first shipped the battery-electric Every van to Japanese dealerships in summer 2011. The first version had a lithium-ion battery pack that provided an estimated single-charge range of up to 62 miles while carrying a 550-pound load.<\/p>\n

Visit EcoWatch’s TRANSPORTATION<\/a><\/b><\/b> page for more related news on this topic.<\/b><\/p>\n

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