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Tesla Roadster Runs For 241 Miles In E-Rally 294

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday April 10, 2009 @06:22PM from the squeezing-a-battery-until-it-cries dept.

N!NJA writes with the mention of a recent alternative energies rally where the Tesla Roadster managed to cover 241 miles on a single charge, with another 38 miles of juice still left in the battery. "That would give the Roadster a theoretical maximum touring range of nearly 280 miles — 36 miles more than Tesla itself reckons the car will cover on a charge. If the numbers stand up to official scrutiny, Tesla will hold the world record for the longest distance traveled by a production electric car on a single charge. Of course, it should be pointed out that the Tesla was driven by a company staffer doubtless practiced in eking out every last mile from a charge, and that the speeds averaged on the run were hardly blistering — 90kph (56mph) on the motorways, 60kph (37mph) on trunk roads and 30kph (19) in the mountain roads. Tesla reckon the average speed for the entire journey was 45kph (28mph)."

Comment Eduardoare (Score 2, Interesting) 452

by FirstEchelon on Saturday October 11, 2008 @11:02AM (#25339345) Attached to: How Should I Teach a Basic Programming Course?

As a college student currently enrolled in an introductory java course, what I found particularly interesting was the initial teaching of really basic HTML and its tags to introduce the idea that programs need to follow a rigid syntax for them to function. Although I already had previous knowledge in Java and understood this, the rest of the class seemed to benefit from the way that the class was introduced. Regardless of the language, the professor can then go into basic programs for the target language (Java, HTML, Ruby, etc.) and build from there.

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