World's first electric car completes 17k-mile journey from North to South Pole

A special electric car just did something amazing – it drove from the very top of the Earth (the North Pole) to the very bottom (the South Pole). This is the first time anyone has done this using an electric car. The trip took nine months, covering 17,000 miles. The adventurers behind this journey are Chris and Julie Ramsey from Scotland. They used a modified electric car called the Nissan Ariya EV. The car was changed a bit to handle the tough conditions. It had bigger tires and some extra equipment to deal with ice and snow. The car was not exactly like the ones you see on the road every day. The journey started from the Magnetic North Pole in 1823 and went all the way to the South Pole. They finished this trip on December 15, but they had to wait until they could connect to satellites to tell everyone about it.

 

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The electric car had to deal with some challenges. Because of all the extra things on the car, it could only go about 150 to 200 miles on one charge instead of the usual 272 miles. In the super cold parts, they learned some tricks to keep the car's battery warm, like building a wall of snow around it. Also Read: What is Perplexity AI? What it can be used for? To charge the car, they used different methods. Sometimes they used a wind turbine or solar panels, and other times they had to use a petrol generator when the weather was not great. They even travelled through parts of the Americas between the poles. In the northern parts, it was easier to find places to charge the car, but in the southern parts, it was more difficult. They teamed up with a company called Enel X Way to set up charging stations in Central and South America.

 

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This isn't the first time Chris and Julie Ramsey did something like this. In 2017, they completed the Mongol Rally in another electric car, the Nissan Leaf Acenta. That journey covered 10,000 miles in 56 days. They faced some challenges, especially when charging the car, but now there are more charging stations along that route. The Ramseys want to show that electric cars can replace diesel-powered vehicles in extreme places like the polar regions. They hope their journey encourages more people to use electric vehicles.