As I often try to communicate, electric car range anxiety is not a real problem in most countries with charging infrastructure and a decent navigation.
Unless you are unable to do some minimum planning, it’s hard to run out of power.
But they are still plenty of places where charging infrastructure or even decent road infrastructure are nonexistent.
That’s why this is an impressive feat accomplished by ‘Team Tesla Powered by RWE’ in the Budapest-Bamako Rally.
Team members include Croatian entrepreneurs Saša Cvetojević and Oleg Maštruko driving the Model X, and Czech Tomas Kovicka driving the support vehicle.
Last month, they drove over 8,600 km in 16 days in order to successfully complete the rally. They documented their journey on their Facebook page.
Here a few images and moments that I found interesting.
Now, this was far from a “zero-emission” road trip. Like their gas-powered counterparts who relied on gasoline resupply, they had to partly rely on a gas generator to recharge the Model X:
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They say that the Model X performed remarkably well in those conditions.
It’s not exactly surprising with the vehicle and its dual motor all-wheel-drive powertrain being tested off-road in the desert before.
