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Automakers race to double driving range of affordable electric cars
2015-03-24 22:16:04| Chemicals - Topix.net
Global automakers are readying a new generation of mass-market electric cars with more than double the driving range of today's Nissan Leaf, betting that technical breakthroughs by big battery suppliers such as LG Chem Ltd will jump-start demand and pull them abreast of Tesla Motors Inc. - plan to race Tesla to be first to field affordable electric vehicles that will travel up to 200 miles between charges. That is more than twice as far as current lower-priced models such as the Nissan Leaf, which starts at $29,010.
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