Tesla End to End: John O'Groats to Lands End

[TEG]

We gatecrashed the Ferrari Owners' Club meet :biggrin:

Electricity to drive the UK end to end: £20
Crashing the Ferrari Owners Club meet: ICE-less!

 

[AndrewBissell]

Brilliant!

 

[malcolm]

Nice pictures! Are they open for re-use?

Fine by me. :smile:

 

[dpeilow]

A few more pictures from one of the reception committee at Land's End:

Tesla 'End-to-end' | Facebook

 

[mpt]

My take (2) at All Cars Electric 850 Miles In A Tesla Roadster In A Weekend: Crossing The Line

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

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/

 

[jcstp]

congrats for this great trip!
probably an ice-breaker for many potential electriccar-buyers!
No reason anymore for doubting the feasability and usability of EV's!

 

[GSP]

Where's the BBC coverage?!!

Oh well, EVs are poised to get a solid beachead to advance from. Revenge will be sweet!

GSP

 

[ckessel]

Where's the BBC coverage?!!

Unfortunately, I don't think you're going to see that kind of coverage until it happens in mass production vehicle that's potentially available to the affordable to the masses. Even the Model S is stretching the price boundary out of the "mass" and towards the "niche/luxury" market. Having a $120-150k car do this is mostly just novelty outside of people already heavily aware of EVs.

 

[GSP]

Top Gear covers all sorts of low volume (even one-off) high priced machinery. I suspect oil sponsorship is the real reason for their "fair and balanced" (NOT) coverage of EVs. It really is inexcusable given the amount of public tax money they receive, and their mandate to serve the public.

If I was a tax-paying UK citizen, I would be contacting my elected representatives.

GSP

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

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

 

[doug]

Great job guys!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWX2Ztb02Mk

 

[Jaff]

Nice job guys...two thumbs up! :smile:

 

[dpeilow]

Kevin got an interview on the regional news programme...

Westcountry Regional News (West Country Tonight) - ITV Local

 

[doug]

Kevin got an interview on the regional news programme...

Westcountry Regional News (West Country Tonight) - ITV Local

video only available in the UK?

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

video only available in the UK?

I think so... we've been promised a copy for our website and i'll post a link once it's live.

 

[jcstp]

I think so... we've been promised a copy for our website and i'll post a link once it's live.

i am looking forward!

 

[dpeilow]

Managed to grab 2 minutes of it before the free trial timed out

 

[Doug_G]

Electronic Design - Tesla Motors Unveils U.K. High-Power Charging Network

Tesla Motors Unveils U.K. High-Power Charging Network

Motorists in the United Kingdom won’t have to worry about finding places to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) as they take the historic drive from John o’Groats on the northeastern tip of Scotland to Land’s End on the southwestern English coast, as Tesla Motors has partnered with hotels and other tourist destinations to install a network of 10 high-power charging stations along the route.

 

[PopSmith]

I just watched the Fully Charged video and thought Dave and Kevin did a great job. It exciting to hear that Tesla (and other companies) are constantly working to provide public charging stations nation wide.