Around the world in 80 days in a Tesla Bashny.Net

To Innopolis got expedition "80 e-days." 10 teams from different countries on electric vehicles to cross the planet, dispelling myths about cars that run on electricity and struggling with the hydrocarbon lobby. The Austrian participants of the world tour of Franz and Elizabeth Blum, travelling the Tesla Model S, said the "high-Tech" about the expedition, about Tesla, about his philosophy, about the pros and cons of electric vehicles. 10 crews started their journey from Portugal, after Spain, the flight, along with machines in Canada, then the United States. At the route 66 expedition crossed the whole country: new York, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Then the path led to China, then to Kazakhstan, and in the end, breaking Chelyabinsk, Ufa, and Naberezhnye Chelny, leaving behind 20 thousand kilometers, the expedition was in Kazan and Innopolis.

Over 20 thousand kilometers of road was not a single case that the vehicle is fully discharged or could not proceed for any other reasons. We have considered all possible problems, including complete failure of the car, huge distances devoid of civilization, the problems with the electric grid, and visualize the evacuation, but so far everything is going smoothly, says Elizabeth.





The biggest, according to Franz, the problem is the incompatibility of power grids of different countries. In the U.S., and in Canada, and in China and now here in Russia, powerful electric network, but not so easy to connect Tesla. For normal charging the car voltage — 380 volts, and the amperage not less than 10 amperes. Describing the scale of this problem, Franz and Elizabeth tell of how in the US they are unable to use branded petrol station Tesla Supercharger, because it was incompatible with the European models of the car.

He constantly has to get out somehow. In Canada we had to charge the machine from a special outlet for the washing machine, because it only gave us the desired values of voltage and current. But there we could be sure that every two kilometers can charge the car from any drying. Looks funny Tesla, the wire which leads to the Laundry room — laughs Elizabeth.

One of our goals is to convey to other people that, no matter how difficult sometimes to find a charger for an electric vehicle, it is always possible and need to try, you need to use the volume of electricity that surround us. Need to communicate, to ask for help, be happy to accept it, to create contacts. The only way to win of oil slavery, says Franz. — We want to make it clear to people that using electric cars does not bring any additional problems. Only the feeling of a clear conscience before the planet and future generations. Moreover, in addition to the lack of problems, the use of electric cars requires no additional costs neither for man nor for the state.

"If today at one point to replace all the cars to electric, you will not need to build a single power plant — you just need to reduce their power at night when the majority of people will be charged". Franz says that the car adapts to driving style. He shows a photo of the dashboard on which means a range of 600 kilometers. If you forget about aggressive driving, it is quite possible to achieve values of 700 kilometers, he says. The average travel speed of 60 km/h, they do not hasten and overtake the schedule for a few days. Elizabeth shows pictures, including her most surprising filling in Kazakhstan, where you refuel petrol machines at the same time grazing cows is the only appropriate outlet to charge the Tesla within a radius of 500 kilometers.



We approach their car, which is charged at a special charging station in Innopolis. Opening the trunk, fully scored a variety of adaptors, extensions and sockets, Franz turns pulls out and proudly shows the kits for connection to the electrical systems of the countries that were on their way. Along the way, he talks about the efficiency of the Tesla. Says if you compare with gasoline engines, the flow rate of the Model S is equivalent to 1 liter of gasoline per 100 kilometres and asked to give an example of similar consumption of conventional cars.

For Elizabeth and Franz the decisive factor is not so much in efficiency but in the knowledge of the fact that they help to preserve this world for their grandchildren, and contribute to changing the consciousness of the people relative to gasoline, electric cars and clean energy. Today, their family of 6 person with a driver's license and three Tesla. They never regretted the choice, and by autumn they have an order for two electric car from Elon musk.



Impressions about Russia relate to the endless fields, rivers, sun and wind. Franz believes that a crime not to use such amounts of pure energy, being in bondage to fuel. A must go for these sources and this as well on their mileage. Yes, now Tesla is considered a very expensive machine, but the solution to this problem in the promotion: the more to talk about it, show interest, responsibility, the faster there will be affordable electric cars do not limit their owners. We have easy extraction and clean energy, you just need to use it.

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

Source: hightech.fm/2016/08/09/tesla-80-e-days