Motoring journalists Neil Winn and Doug Revolta imagine they’ve set a brand new world report for essentially the most nations visited in 24 hours in an electrical automobile.
The unmodified Porsche Taycan (Efficiency Battery Plus) chosen for the problem required seven cost stops at ultra-rapid 350kW Ionity chargers alongside the 1199-mile journey throughout 14 nations.
Other than these temporary cost stops, the pair drove the Taycan continuous for twenty-four hours from the Netherlands to Serbia, passing by Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Bosnia in that order.
Each drivers, who work for What Automotive?, confronted quite a few challenges of their 24-hour driving journey together with rush hour visitors in Luxembourg and a dangerous border crossing in Hungary, however this didn’t cease the pair from sustaining a shifting common of 61mph.
The biggest proportion of their time (simply over 4 hours) was spent traversing Croatia because the crescent-shaped nation abuts Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Serbia. This contrasts fairly starkly with the ten minutes it took to cross the tiny principality of Liechtenstein.
Calculating common charging occasions and driving speeds, and adjusting for visitors and border crossings, What Automotive? had initially estimated to make it so far as 13 nations within the 24-hour interval, however such was the progress of the duo that they managed to incorporate Hungary within the last tally – taking the full to 14.
Neil Winn, Deputy Evaluations Editor for What Automotive?, stated: “The European street journey has an electrical future. Our epic journey has proven that the rise of electrical vehicles doesn’t imply a mega-mile cross-continental vacation is off the playing cards.
“I knew earlier than we set off that every part would want to go completely for us to attain the preliminary purpose of travelling by 13 nations in 24 hours. So you possibly can think about our shock once we determined to do 14 as a result of we have been up to now forward of time.
“We imagine this achievement is a world report. It’s inconceivable to get timed information formally verified on public roads, however throughout our analysis we didn’t discover any documentation of different electrical adventurers who’ve managed extra nations in 24 hours.”
Steve Huntingford, editor of What Automotive? added: “We hear lots from our readers about electrical automobile charging issues, vary nervousness and common trepidation over long-distance journeys in some electrical vehicles. However this excellent record-breaking run exhibits that the European street journey ought to reside lengthy into the electrical future.
“This isn’t the top of the journey, although. What we’ve proven is {that a} premium automobile utilizing one of many quickest however most costly charging networks can do journeys like this. We nonetheless want many extra chargers in lots of extra places, all providing speedy charging speeds and rock-solid reliability – together with a broader alternative of long-range electrical vehicles for all budgets. We’re not there but, however What Automotive?’s street journey exhibits that we’re nicely on the best way to stress-free cross-continental holidays in electrical vehicles.”
What Automotive? EV report in numbers
14 Nations visited
1199 Miles coated
7 Charging stops
61mph common pace
24 Bottles of water
12 Baggage of crisps eaten
9 Petrol station sandwiches eaten
12 Cups of espresso consumed
2050 Pictures taken
Porsche Taycan (Efficiency Battery Plus)
Worth: £79,604
Engine: Electrical motor
Energy: 375bhp (469bhp in overboost)
Torque: 263lb ft
Gearbox: 2-spd automated, RWD
Battery Dimension: 83.7kWh (usable)
0-62mph: 5.4sec
High pace: 143mph
Official vary: 316 miles
CO2/tax band: 0g/km / 2%