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Internode managing director and passionate electric car advocate, Simon Hackett, has smashed the world distance record for an electric vehicle by driving his Tesla Roadster more than 500 kilometres in the inaugural Global Green Challenge.
Hackett, on the fourth day of his 3000 kilometre
journey from Darwin to Adelaide, along with co-driver Emilis
Prelgauskas, drove the fully electric sports car for 501km (311 miles)
on a single charge, from Alice Springs to south of Marla, across the
South Australian border. The car had about 4.8km (three miles) of range
left when the drive was completed.
The achievement smashes the world electric vehicle (EV) distance record
by more than 110km. The previous world distance record for an electric
vehicle was set in April by another Roadster, which was the only
vehicle to complete the entire, 388km (241-mile) Rallye Monte Carlo
d'Energies Alternatives.
Hackett, who owns the only Tesla Roadster in Australia. The $160,000
vehicle is the world’s only fully electric production sports car,
delivering supercar performance of 0-100km per hour in 3.9 seconds.
According to Hackett, the Tesla finished its record run with “a couple
of kilometres still left in its batteries.” He is driving the vehicle
from Darwin to Adelaide over the course of six days in the Global Green
Challenge.
“We wanted to prove a point about the ability of EVs to drive truly
large distances - and we have done so! This ends any contention that
EVs aren't practical cars. They‘re more than that - they are the future
of motoring.”
Preparation for Hackett’s record-setting drive included
security-sealing of the electric charge port door at departure and full
on-road supervision of the vehicle during the drive. The distance will
be fully accredited by event officials in due course.
Michelle Thomas
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