- An epic 11,000-mile journey was undertaken by a pair of calmly modified Tesla Cybertrucks.
- The 2 EVs traveled from Florida to the top of Canada’s Dempster Freeway.
- Alongside the way in which, the group donated six Stage 2 chargers that can make life simpler for EV homeowners who need to go on the identical route.
The Tesla Cybertruck has had its fair proportion of criticism, from its controversial appears and considerably underwhelming vary to the reliability points encountered by some homeowners. However none of these items appear to have influenced what could be the longest and most difficult street journey completed by a Cybertruck but.
It’s known as the Arctic Cybertrek and it entails two barely modified Tesla pickup vehicles that traveled from Florida to the freezing city of Tuktoyaktuk on the finish of Canada’s Dempster Freeway. That’s 5,500 miles a method and 11,000 miles spherical journey–all with out utilizing a drop of gasoline or diesel to recharge the EVs.
4 folks had been behind the inspiring journey: Justin Damaree, referred to as The Bearded Tesla, Rafael Santoni and Nancy Santoni, referred to as Teslatino and Teslatina, {and professional} kite flier and Tesla investor Gary Mark. The group used a pair of Cybertruck that had been fitted with some goodies from Unplugged Efficiency and a customized roof rack from Urander, amongst different issues.
The members predominantly used the Tesla Supercharger community to top-up their Cybertrucks on the way in which to Canada, however DC quick chargers from different suppliers had been wanted too. The trek was largely stress-free, with some cases the place third-party chargers wouldn’t work, however finally acquired going after getting in contact with the corporate’s tech help group–not very best, however a minimum of they may keep on observe.
Within the huge vacancy of Canada’s Northwest Territories, nevertheless, there are exactly zero Tesla Superchargers, so a little bit of planning was wanted to maintain the EVs operating. To get to the top of the Dempster Freeway, a 460-mile unpaved freeway that results in the Arctic Ocean, the group acquired in contact with a number of outlets and different services that had the mandatory mains hookup to top-up the batteries on the vehicles.
To make issues sweeter for EV drivers who may need to go on the identical journey, no fewer than six Tesla Stage 2 wall chargers had been donated alongside the way in which, however as of now, only one is operational, based on Tesla’s charger map. The remaining are set to go surfing sooner somewhat than later.
As for the vehicles, they’d zero points and proved to be nice journey autos–one thing you’d count on from a $100,000+ automobile.