With starting point in the city of Munich, the journey made by car, powered by lithium battery, has reached Berlin without any problems, "according to project managers.
The car in question, which is the electric version of the Audi A2, made the trip with an average of 90 miles per hour and reached the German capital with 18 percent of battery power without spending.
The proposed trip has been carried out jointly by the DBM Berlin technology company and provider of energy "Lekker energie" and has been supported by the German Ministry of Economy, which aims to promote such vehicles in the coming years .
Thus, in the National Plan for Mobility, the government hopes that 2015 will normally be used with this power electric vehicles to travel at least 300 kilometers without refueling.
In this regard, as are eight German regions where testing with this technology over 2,800 vehicles of this type and 2,500 points for recharging batteries.
According to government plans, by 2020 it is intended that a million electric cars running on roads and highways in Germany, helping to combat climate change by the reduction in gasoline usage.
Today's not the first test performed in the world with electric cars, as in Japan travel up to 1,000 kilometers achieved without refueling, but at that time the vehicle was not functional and is only intended to test the technology.
Economy Minister German, Rainer Brüderle, has described the trip as "a breakthrough in the world" and expressed his confidence that this car was developed in Berlin, "it becomes a big hit around the world."
The managing director of the company "Lekker energie", Thomas Mecke, announced that "the investigations have already finished and now it is time to sell the product.
The success in achieving the world record has benefited from the work of 50 experts for six weeks straight and long shot of a young company like DBM.
Despite support for the project, the minister has ruled out an investment of thousands of euros to promote the new vehicle, as this "would distort competition," and said that "the electric car of today should be successful in the market" .
Also, other German companies have also opted for this technology as the major BMW, which since the summer of 2009 has 600 cars Electrics Mini-E into service to test its operation.
The head of BMW Berlin, Nicole Bruning, said that after the tests so far was in a position to say that electric vehicles will be part of normal earlier than expected. "
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