Just today, Life Technologies announced that it is expects to increase the speed of its smaller, cheaper DNA 10-fold in just six months, illustrating how a war between makers of DNA-sequencing gear is driving the science behind this type of research.
Despite never running out of charge, I now understand the car's real-world range (worst case: about 210 miles with three passengers plus camera gear, driving on and off the highway on a below-freezing day) and, rather than getting stranded by the road, I spent four productive days with the car getting a solid feel for it.
