RPT-Automakers race to double the driving range of affordable electric cars
March 25, 2015 at 08:00 AM EDT
DETROIT, March 24 (Reuters) - 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.