Essay by Eric Worrall
They plan to bring a portable wind turbine to charge the vehicle when sunlight is unavailable.
Climate change: Couple set for Pole-to-Pole electric car challenge
Ben Philip – BBC Scotland
Mon, 20 March 2023 at 10:07 am AEST·A husband and wife from Aberdeen aim to drive from the Arctic to Antarctica in an electric car.
Chris and Julie Ramsey will set off to travel 17,000 miles (27,000km) from the Magnetic North to South Pole this week.
Their vehicle will be powered for much of the trip by solar and wind energy.
The couple will navigate into Canada, then head south through the United States and into warmer temperatures in South America over the space of 10 challenging months.
They will travel through Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
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“There will be a wind turbine and full double solar on this device which will be towed along, harnessing the renewable energy sources – the wind and the sun – to power the car.
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Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/climate-change-couple-set-pole-000736611.html
Recharging time might be an issue. They used a Nissan Leaf on at least one previous drive. A portable wind turbine produces maybe a few hundred watts, maybe a kilowatt for a larger device, but a Nissan Leaf with the big battery has around 59KWh capacity. Even a partial charge would take a long time.
Apparently this isn’t their first long distance EV drive, so they probably know what kind of route they need to map, and have a fair idea of charge times. Perhaps taking their time is not a problem – it’s not like a daily commute or business trip. In any case, as EV owners they are probably already used to taking long breaks while their vehicle re-charges.
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just don’t scratch the battery-
Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car | Reuters
or they’re ready for the grinder-
How NOT to extract the 21700 cells from a Tesla Model 3 battery – YouTube
perpetual motion machine with all that “free” wind and solar?
Yo’all keep banging on with the right to repair there Greenies-
Impossible to Repair TESLA Batteries | Gruber Motors – YouTube
This is a Nissan backed trip.
https://global.nissannews.com/en/releases/north-pole-to-south-pole-with-nissan-ariya
Nissan may not be happy with the advertising value from their backing.
No publicity is bad publicity. Perhaps it is a sneaky attempt by Nissan to actually prove that battery cars are a stupid idea.
Reminds me of the iceberg rider Alex Bellini.
Many stories from 2014. What happened?
You people all need to learn to read press releases more critically.
“As sustainably as possible…” That says nothing about relying on solar or wind. It hints at a fleet of diesel- or petrol-powered support vehicles, possibly including a generator or three.
They are going on a jolly and they’ve talked some people in sponsoring it. I wish them joy of it and I wish I was that cunning. Their GoFundMe campaign isn’t doing so well though. Started January 12th with a target of £150,000 and as of this morning at 11:30 they had just over 2% of it pledged.
You need to read the article and the comments more thoroughly.
Several people have already pointed out:
“Think of it as evolution in action”
-Larry Niven
Hey, don’t forget Pournelle and Barnes! 🙂
If the Polar bears, Grizzly bears, Black bears, Mountain lions or Wolves don’t get them the mosquitoes will. Better bring a large caliber firearm with lots of ammo and cases of mosquito repellent.
Trying to take a firearm into Mexico will be very problematic! They only allow the Federales and cartels to carry firearms.
You’re probably right but the mosquitoes will finish them off before they get that far.
“Trying to take a firearm into Mexico will be very problematic! ”
They can trade them for supplies in Texas
Just another thought. The internet in its various forms enables a lot of nutters to enact their fantasies for others. As here.
But the internet also enables otherwise sane, stable denizens to ridicule the former mercilessly and indelibly. Also as here.
Drive from pole to pole? Over the oceans?
This must be an electric flying car. Now that IS cool!
Maybe it’s the ‘James Bond’ trim of the new Ariya that converts itself into a submarine at the push of a button.
At which point, once submerged in salt water, it will become the ‘Mission Impossible’ trim, self-destructing in 5 seconds.
at best it will take them 90 days … at worst … 4-5 months …
Average of 300km per day? Towing all that stuff?
Ha ha – you accidentally included a dash between the 4 and 5.
Much like the predictions of future climate horror, the point is the press release. Nobody will notice whether or not they make it, just as nobody notices if the Arctic Ocean is ice free. We all know that it was predicted to be ice free quite some time ago. Great tragedy that. We will all remember the couple who drove their electric car from pole to pole.. They were Scottish or Lebanese or something. Proved that electric car technology has obviously come a long way. Now quit whining and eat your grubs.
Comment all star awards nominee calibre
Ten months to drive from the Arctic to the Antarctic in an EV? Good luck.
A man just drove a leased Tesla from New York State to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT. The driving time is about 75 hours. It took him 31 days to make the journey.
http://www.nnsl.com/news/man-drives-tesla-to-arctic-ocean-in-dead-of-winter/
Arctic to Antarctic in 10 months in an EV? Good luck with that.
A man just drove a Tesla from New York State to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada.
The driving time is about 75 hours. It took him 31 days.
And I bet he had easy access to charging points.
You could make the trip on a horse in about the same length of time and it can fuel for free most anywhere.
Horses are expensive to keep if you’re not a farmer.
I wish them well, but I’ll be very surprised if they make the trip.
I think I’ll follow this journey
Why am I reminded of “the ship of fools”?.. Boondoggle of the incurable virtue signalling optimists doesn’t trip quite so easily off the tongue, but I see parallels.
Privilege-backed entrepreneurs, if you research their history.
I looked into this in some detail yesterday.
1) they are using artic trucks. these guys are very credible and really know what they are doing.
2) the route appears to start mid channel about 500miles south of ellesmere island – the northern tip of ellesmere island is about as far away (close) as a pole can be described – the geomagnetic pole.
3) with 6 2m x 1m solar panel in perfect subnchine for 24hrs, they cant recharge the car each day,
4) the car is uk reg and was in iceland for mods. built in japan. now goes to canada. the support cars and crew? how is this remotely environmental?
5) they say they will start in march. artic trucks say 23 march. i predict – not march.
6) how does a towed solar array work? snow, frost? etc etc.
7) wind turbine – wot is this, perpetual energy?
7) we need to keep this fraud (not pole to pole) and/or failure in the ublic eye as another virtue claiming piece of fakery.
far far more diesel will be burnt for this trip than they admit to, or than a diesel would do..
Thanks for doing the research, Typing comments is the easy part.
” Scottish Couple Plan to Drive “From Pole to Pole” in an Electric Vehicle ”
Good luck for them.
Hope they have space to carry a lot of canned pre-cooked food so that they can survive during the days with not enough wind nor sunlight…
Of course, in case of trouble they always have the “backup” of rescuing teams carried by fossil fuel powered helicopters and other vehicles…
Who said the Scots don’t have a sense of humor?
And have they done a trial run in Scotland, to see if they could make it there from the north to the south? From JohnO’Groats to Gretna, 600km and free of polar bears. Thought not.
Keep us informed, it will be fun to watch an unfolding debacle.
They’ve done a warm-weather version in old tech.
Yeah right and Greta will be their wing man!
Well at least the morons will have their supply of butteries (or rowies), which are essentially butter and lard with a bit of flour holding it all together. Good for overall health, not to mention the waist line, don’cha know.
All other practical considerations aside, I would not like to be that vulnerable south of the border considering the drug cartels and governments on that long trek with flimsy energy.
Perhaps they should cut back on the recreational pharmaceuticals.
Traveling across the United States will be a challenge on an electric. Depending on wind or solar to charge any car will take an inordinate amount of time. But this part of the article is the most concerning…. They will travel through Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
Having been to some of these countries, you never go out with less than half a tank of gas let alone an electric car without any reliable means of charging it. A solar panel and a wind turbine will not cut it. There are some very dangerous areas in all of those countries that should be avoided by almost anyone. Imagine having to wait 3 days to get enough charge to leave a cartel town. This story will not end well.
A co-worker back in the 70’s drove into Mexico with his brother and a friend.
They got pulled over by what they thought was a police vehicle in a remote area.
It wasn’t law enforcement but a group of outlaws. They were left completely naked
in the desert….they survived barely. The vehicle that pulled them over was painted
like a LEO unit ect. I’ve spent time in Cozumel and the Playa del Carmen area and had no
problems but would not go there today, esp with how things have changed. This
couple needs some security as in Blackwater/Delta types..
Amazing ho fsat
50 years
happens