Simon Hackett Breaks EV World Record For Distance On A Single Charge
While taking his Tesla Roadster for a leisurely drive from Darwin to Adelaide as part of the Global Green Challenge, Internode founder Simon Hackett just happened to break the world record for the longest distance travelled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. Way to go Simon!
The world record happened on the fourth day of his 3000km journey, where Simon and his co-driver pushed the Roadster to take them 501km on a single charge, smashing the previous record by 110km.
That’s a pretty fantastic effort. If only we could all drive Roadsters, the world would be a much better place.
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And when he got there, he plugged it in to recharge, sourcing the power from fossil fuels, making the whole thing pointless.
What would the tow truck used to pull that nice flashy red sports car out of the nice sunny red middle of nowhere be fueled by? Diesel or Unleaded? Gonna wait for somebody with yet another petrol powered vehicle to come along and give you a charge, hehe.
@Corey – This is mainly a trial, it is emulating what it would be like if there were recharging stops along the way (which hopefully eventually will be solar powered).
You should try to look into it a bit more :)
Looks like ‘World Record’ was written in crayon!!! I don’t expect the record to stand however, everyone knows it is downhill from Darwin to Adelaide.
Tom, I think you mean Alice Springs to Adelaide is a downhill trip. Darwin and Adelaide are both at sea level. Alice is around 600m above sea level.
Incidentally, to get into the Guinness Book of Records the trip would need to be done in both directions.
And, more importantly, they didn’t get cleaned up by a distracted Prius driver:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/10/totaled-tesla-driver/
Congratulations to Corey Evans and Simon.A for proving beyond a doubt that humans are the descendants of monkeys… some not even particularly distant.
Well done to Simon Hackett! I’m a proud Internode user and fanboi :)
if he lost some weight it might have been 502km
Don’t get caught up with the wishy washy environmental concerns, electric cars like that are a lot faster, quieter and all round more awesome from a gadget fanboi perspective.
Can you imagine how good it would feel to not be held hostage by petrol prices?
A good solar setup on your roof + electric car means self sufficiency big time. I think this is awesome
@Mat Perovic
That’s my point. Without the solar power (or some other clean means of charging), electric cars have absolutely no purpose. Besides so Directors of companies can say “hey look what I did” and give ignorant “greens” something to talk about.
@Mez
You certainly are a, as you put it, a “fanboi” as you insulted us without offering any creditable retort or furthering the discussion in anyway.