World's longest electric car trip ends after 3 years

The Dutchman Wiebe Wakker left Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on March 15, 2016 and arrived last Sunday (7), Sydney, Australia. The trip, which lasted almost 3 years, was an adoption campaign for electric cars. Wakker wanted to show the world the advantages of using a clean vehicle.

For this, he drove a Golf that was modified by the Plug Me In initiative, which aims to emphasize the viability of electric vehicles. His feat can be considered the longest electric car ride in the world: he has crossed 33 countries and traveled 94, 900 kilometers.

The trip was sponsored by companies such as Adobe and Canon, but was also supported by volunteers who provided shelter, food and electricity to charge the car's battery along the way.

Source: Elsevier Week Blad

One of the campaign objectives was only partially achieved. It is that, at times, Wakker had to make sea crossings, and ships use polluting fuels. But if we consider only the journey made by car, Wakker has spent $ 300 on electricity in 3 years. An ordinary car would have consumed 1, 792 gallons of gasoline, the equivalent of $ 4, 500.

When Wakker started the campaign in 2016, electric vehicles were taking their first steps. Only luxury models were available. The simpler ones discharged the battery very quickly, which would make their travel unviable. That's why he used an adapted Golf, capable of driving 200 kilometers with one load.

Nowadays, although electric vehicles are not yet industry standard, they already have more advanced features, high capacity batteries and more attractive prices.

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