lithium ion battery pack Old laptop batteries power a beater BMW to a Guinness record for long-range EVs

Tesla's Model S 100D is the king of electric vehicles.
According to the EPA, it can travel 335 miles on a single charge. A California-
ITAP-based IT Partners (ITAP) are starting to build a sedan that can travel further with a lot of recycled parts.
It was a gamble, but the engineers succeeded.
Eric Lundgren, founder and CEO of ITAP, from about 20-year-old e39-
He bought a generation of BMW 528i from the dump.
To reduce the weight, he removed most of the interior including the dashboard, the back seat, each piece of decoration and the center console.
Of course, all the mechanical components needed to turn gasoline into moving forward are thrown away.
By weight, 88% of the car-
The place called Phoenix-is recycled.
The battery pack is 130-
Kwh units that use electric cars and laptop batteries.
According to InsideEVs, the batteries he bought from these companies thought they were dead, but Lundgren's team removed them and found that about 80% of the actual batteries were still working.
Overall, the car was built in 35 days for about $13,000.
To put Phoenix to the test, Lundgren summed up three of the most popular electric vehicles on the market: Tesla Model S P90D, Chevrolet Bolt and Nissan Leaf.
They started 362-
A mile trip to Southern California.
The leaves are the first person to have no electricity after driving only 81 miles--
It's not a long time. range model.
Model S traveled 238 miles, while Bolt traveled 271 miles, far exceeding EPA's 238 miles.
BMW has never had a range.
No, ITAP has not developed the ground yet.
Broken type of battery that will never die.
The car used 32 after 340 miles-
Percentage of power remaining in the battery pack.
This is enough to set the Guinness World Record for the longest distance of a charge ride on a highway, but Lundgren didn't stop.
In the second Test, he took the Phoenix head-to-
Against the 100D version of Model S
The idea is the same: drive two cars under exactly the same conditions and see when each car runs out of juice.
Tesla traveled about 315 miles, while BMW died after 382 miles.
Lundgren failed to cross 400.
Mark was like he hoped, but he broke the previous record ---
One of the best cars in the world.
Of course, this comparison is unfair.
The Model S 100D is equipped with luxury and technology features, including Tesla's proud self-driving kit, and while the e39 is completely stripped off, its battery pack takes up most of the space behind the front seat.
However, the problem is not --up Tesla;
Lundgen explained that he wanted to show what could be done using recycled electronic components.