BBC FUD Fest: Mini-E London to Edinburgh

[mpt]

133 Miles to go...

 

[chadconway]

David,
Good luck on finishing the trip! Over this past summer, I worked as an intern at Tesla. I loved taking out the old engineering cars for drives around the San Francisco Bay Area. As a finale to the summer, I took Roadster VP6 (the 6th roadster every built) from San Francisco down to LA and back encompassing over 1000 miles in less than 48 hours. I even spent time with family while I was in LA. The battery pack that was in it had almost 80,000 miles on it. It was definitely a blast and I hope you enjoy your trip as well!
-Chad

 

[mpt]

The battery pack that was in it had almost 80,000 miles on it.

That's really useful feedback, cheers.

 

[JRP3]

I can't post comments on the youtube video, keep getting error messages, but I can post to other videos. Anyone else having problems? BBC attack?

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

don't know.... you can comments to the BBC Editor responsible for the trip;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2011/01/electric_car_challenge.html

 

[mpt]

Over the border into Scotland...

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

~18 hrs for #tesla from London http://twitpic.com/3paar7 to Edinburgh http://twitpic.com/3phy2p where are the BBC?

 

[mpt]

He's made it; well done!

http://twitpic.com/3pi5ug

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Is that about ~330 miles in ~18 hours, or ~18MPH average?

I don't have any official figures. However the BBC website suggests the journey is 483 miles. Remember also that David has been driving in two capital cities with snow and thick fog.... he's also had some 32A charging.

 

[TEG]

Thats better. 483/18=~27MPH. Taking into account traffic, charging, restaurant and restroom breaks.

Google maps said the trip could be done in 8 hours, but I gather that is if you never hit traffic and never stopped.

 

[tennis_trs]

...The battery pack that was in it had almost 80,000 miles on it. ...

Do you know how many Range Mode Ideal miles that car with that pack indicated after a full Range Mode charge?

 

[AndrewBissell]

Tesla update: recovery mode charging on 32A in my garage.

David update: also recovery mode charging - sound asleep in my spare room.

I'm sure they will both be sufficiently recharged in the morning (not many hours away) to find Brian whenever he gets into Edinburgh. Hopefully the BBC will have the decency to interview David and restore some measure of balance to their reporting of this story.

Meanwhile can I add my congratulations to
David (and his navigator) for the tenacity and resolve he showed and on what he achieved. Well done!

 

[qwk]

Absolutely amazing. This trip helped the EV community tremendously.
Thank you.

 

[doug]

Again, fantastic work!

 

[Alan]

Well done to David and all involved. Seems like a Tesla adventure is much more fun than a "mini adventure"!

David - how about Land's End to John o' Groats as an encore

 

[aminorjourney]

Here's my story on David's fantastic trip over at Allcarselectric.

I wish I had been able to go (Rachel Konrad asked me to drive it earlier this week after I hinted someone should) but sadly I wasn't free due to my wife's work commitments

Well done David! I can't wait to see this repeated in the summer with a whole load of cars

Oh, and when I get my LEAF, I'm planning to drive 500+ miles in a day

Nikki.

 

[TEG]

 

[malcolm]

Congratulations to David, Andrew and the Tesla team. It's been great fun to watch

 

[Jaff]

Cheers guys, great job!!!

 

[aminorjourney]

Here's an update to the story, over at allcarselectric.com

Hopefully, David is joining me tonight on TransportEvolved. We'll be live at 8pm GMT with myself, Kevin Sharpe and (hopefully) David.

Nikki.