On Saturday 21-22 May, David Peilow and I will be driving ~900 miles from John o'Groats to Land's End.
We will be using only public charging stations.
You can follow our progress on twitter using hash tags #EndToEnd and #EV
or the interactive map here;
http://www.teslamotors.com/endtoend
End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
Nice one
Looks like your about 2/3rds of the way now
ChrisB
Looks like your about 2/3rds of the way now
ChrisB
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
Looking good, not far to go now
ChrisB
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
And they made it!
Kevin - What is a Tesla HPC like? Is it a common standard with the Nissan fast-charge lead, or different again?
Kevin - What is a Tesla HPC like? Is it a common standard with the Nissan fast-charge lead, or different again?
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
this thread covers the drive in some detail;
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/5628-Tesla-End-to-End-John-O-Groats-to-Lands-End
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/5628-Tesla-End-to-End-John-O-Groats-to-Lands-End
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
here's a write up on the trip by Robert Llewellyn;
http://www.thechargingpoint.com/2011/05/27/roberts-leaf-diary-week-5-the-leaf-meets-an-electric-supercar-and-my-roof-gets-a-solar-upgrade/
http://www.thechargingpoint.com/2011/05/27/roberts-leaf-diary-week-5-the-leaf-meets-an-electric-supercar-and-my-roof-gets-a-solar-upgrade/
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
Well done nice job.
Regards Peter
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Two MK1 Honda Insight's. One running 20ah A123 Lithium pack. One 8ah BetterBattery Nimh pack.
One HCH1 Civic Hybrid running 60ah A123 Lithium pack.
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
Robert Llewellyn interviews David Peilow and I on Fully Charged;
YouTube http://bit.ly/d2FkjM
iTunes http://bit.ly/bUm6Th
Fully Charged TV http://www.fullycharged.tv
YouTube http://bit.ly/d2FkjM
iTunes http://bit.ly/bUm6Th
Fully Charged TV http://www.fullycharged.tv
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
Westcountry Regional News (West Country Tonight) - ITV Local
http://www.itv.com/westcountry-west/electric-car-20-epic47073/
http://www.itv.com/westcountry-west/electric-car-20-epic47073/
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Re: End to End - John o'Groats to Land's End 21-22 May 2011
Great piece Kevin and amazingly no stupid questions from the interviewer
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