Here is a better photo of the graphics on the hood of the cars: IMG_9844 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
They butchered the state of Michigan. Well, the mitten part anyway :tongue:
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Here is a better photo of the graphics on the hood of the cars: IMG_9844 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Well, officially (see Cross Country Rally | Blog | Tesla Motors) they only want to "set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS achievement for lowest charge time for an electric vehicle traveling across the United States". Was kind of disappointed with this, not really that cool a record, if it even already exists at all.Anyone know what the current world record is they are trying to beat ?
They are riding the bottom of the pack to minimize charge times. At 120kW, that 10 minutes would have been about 20kWh!
I think you are missing my point. road miles do not really count if they are going for the lowest charging times. 2 or 3 fast charges would be less charging time than 1 range would it not ? But you are also correct that eliminating miles will eventually eliminate charges.
I'm finally on the same page, Kevin: I missed the part of TM's blog post saying they were shooting for a minimum charging time record. That seems odd to me: an arcane measure and much less accessible to non-EV enthusiasts than shortest time from A to B.
My guess is:
1) they can't claim the first coast to coast Supercharger only road trip, as that was done last week by John and Jill
2) they are addressing the two main worries- range anxiety, and how long it takes EV's to charge
3) it removes the risk of failure due to unexpected and/or things out of their control (traffic, road closure, weather, flat tire)
if they made a big deal in the media about "fastest cross country EV road trip" and were delayed because of something beyond their control they would be stuck defending themselves again fom media FUD (ie "well, it took them 4.5 days, buy they were sitting on the side of the road for 15 hrs"...somebody would leave that out and just quote total time)
That's too darn logical, Lorih. But it makes perfect sense.
yeah, and how many drivers?They mention support vehicles. Where drivers sleep.
How many cars in total? Model S? Obviously more than 2?