Electric car runs over 1,000 km without recharge

A Tokyo civic group said Sunday it has succeeded in getting an electric car to run 1,003.184 kilometers without a recharge, far surpassing the world record the group achieved last year.

    
The Japan Electric Vehicle Club said it will ask Guinness World Records to officially recognize the journey, completed at an auto racing driving course in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, as the world’s longest. It said the vehicle, which was equipped with Sanyo Electric Co’s lithium-ion battery system, ran for about 27 and a half hours until around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at a speed of about 40 km per hour. A total of 17 people took turns at the wheel.