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EV Is First Car To Complete 18,500-Mile Journey From North To South Pole
Jalopnik ^ | Logan Carter

Posted on 12/29/2023 4:55:03 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 12/29/2023 4:55:03 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Would be interesting to learn how much of which power/recharging source was used...


2 posted on 12/29/2023 4:58:14 PM PST by drwoof
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“This incredible feat proves that EVs can be just as capable as ICE vehicles, as long as you have the proper planning and ingenuity.”

Uh, NO it doesn’t.


3 posted on 12/29/2023 4:58:32 PM PST by Paladin2
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10 Months! How much was spent at charging stations?


4 posted on 12/29/2023 4:58:50 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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I don’t see the big deal, 1800 miles per month. That a 26 hour trip in a gas powered car average speed of 70 miles per hout. A hell of a lot cheaper to.


5 posted on 12/29/2023 5:00:20 PM PST by Ronald77
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and now, how about the rest of the story??


6 posted on 12/29/2023 5:00:56 PM PST by elpadre
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Circumference of da Erf = ~ 24,000 mi.

Half = 12,000 mi

10 Months = ~7305 hr.

Average speed? 1.64 mph!


7 posted on 12/29/2023 5:02:14 PM PST by Paladin2
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They averaged less than 62 miles a day.


8 posted on 12/29/2023 5:07:01 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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How’d they get over the hump of the Antarctic Ice Wall?


9 posted on 12/29/2023 5:07:03 PM PST by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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Walking speed: 3 mph. They could have walked quicker! ( 3 man team with 2 pulling the sleeping fellow.)


10 posted on 12/29/2023 5:07:23 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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Omitting the AIRLIFTS to get the EV onto (and probably off of) the North Polar ice, and again at Antarctica, Danny Liska did that on a BMW motorcycle in the 1960s. And HE rode it through the Darien Gap, which I'll bet they didn't. And he didn't have a train of support vehicles, either. (He did have to take a couple of breaks when he flew home to Nebraska to get more clothes, parts and money.)
11 posted on 12/29/2023 5:21:07 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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North Pole to South Pole?

The north pole is surrounded by water and ice. Did they drop the car on the north pole by airplane and then they drove over the ocean to get to Canada and then through the jungles of the Darian Gap (no roads) all the way to Terra De Fego, and then cross the waters of the Antarctic to get to the south pole?

Somehow, I think they got some type of help with this commute which makes the pole to pole trek claim a hoax.


12 posted on 12/29/2023 5:21:39 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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Wow!... didn’t know that the south pole even had roads to it!

What a pile of BS this must be.


13 posted on 12/29/2023 5:21:47 PM PST by Safrguns
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unless the old top gear guys were involved I would not watch.

I remember they had some kick ass trucks to reach the north pole.

not sure I would want an ev, no actually pretty sure I would not.


14 posted on 12/29/2023 5:23:11 PM PST by algore
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Can we just stick with gas until I die? All kidding aside I don’t trust batteries for a few reasons.


15 posted on 12/29/2023 5:24:32 PM PST by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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It took 10 months because they had to stop and charge the damn thing every 20 miles with the accompanying generator trucks,


16 posted on 12/29/2023 5:30:59 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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That assumes a straight line path from one pole to the other. The title had the travel distance: 18,500 miles, not 12,000 miles. The average speed is still dismal.


17 posted on 12/29/2023 5:33:27 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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How many miles were devoted to going to get a charge?


18 posted on 12/29/2023 5:40:33 PM PST by Paladin2
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” All kidding aside I don’t trust batteries for a few reasons.”

How do yo start your car?


19 posted on 12/29/2023 5:43:21 PM PST by TexasGator
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Technically, all of them.


20 posted on 12/29/2023 5:47:19 PM PST by Fuzz (. )
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