Last month, Team Tesla Powered by RWE drove over 8,600 km /5,340 miles in 16 days in order to successfully complete the Budapest-Bamako rally, the largest amateur rally in the world.

Croatian entrepreneurs Saša Cvetojević and Oleg Maštruko drove the Model X while Czech Tomas Kovicka drove the support vehicle from the Hungarian Capital city.

The Budapest-Bamako or Great African Run is a charity car race in Africa, and the largest amateur rally in the world.It is a low-budget version of the Dakar Rally,and goes from Budapest ,Hungary to Bamako, Mali through the Sahara.

Unless you are unable to do some minimum planning, it’s hard to run out of power.It was far from a “zero-emission” road trip. They had to partly rely on a petrol powered generator to recharge the Model X.

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They also used the local grid instead of their generator when they could, but it was often far from perfect charging solutions. At one point while in morocco, they were able to use an actual DC fast-charger with the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter.

It’s not exactly surprising with the vehicle and its dual motor all-wheel-drive power-train being tested off-road in the desert. They say that the Model X performed remarkably well in those conditions.

With the battery technology advancing relatively quickly and if the second-gen Roadster's 620 miles range proves to be real,then you can expect EV powertrain to complete this rally in far less time.What do you think?

Source https://autojosh.com/tesla-model-x-becomes-first-electric-car-cross-sahara-desert-5340-miles-rally-race/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

Nice one electric vehicles are here to stay.


But not everyone would go for it.

E no go sweet drive reach all this v8 monsters, the way they growl when ignited, and when revved, for example for mustang or dodge charger.

Smugglers will luv this ride

I dey observe

Nice development

Ok ... it'll be very useless in Nigeria due to unstable electricity supply.

This electric cars I thought it's solar powered too

Good news for Electric car maker bad new for the internal combustion engine

Very soon even rocket go dey use electricity from solar take launch.....black gold ur days are numbered!!!

WELCOME DEVELOPMENT

I want to thank Elon Musk for venturing into an area where few men have dared and succeeded. I also applaud his PR Team for making this look all so futuristic and appealing for consumers like you and I. I think the electric car is here to stay and believe that Elon Musk deserves a Nobel prize.

I need to buy one... Has it entered Aba market?

To charge phone for Naija na N100
This one go reach 2k for single charge

this one wey night no dey stable, abeg nigeria no fit this kind car. Let bother about how we charge our phone only

FarahAideed:
Good news for Electric car maker bad new for the internal combustion engine

Won't be a bad idea for ICE car makers if they can just switch over to the cars of the future - Electric cars.

let's assume rain is falling heavily shey this electric car no go dey shock person cos me I dey fear

satowind:
Smugglers will luv this ride

Why is this?

Nigerians would find a way to sell petrol even if we adopt this car. Forget PHCN, you will buy petrol to fuel the generator to power the car

fake, this vehicle wont last in real desert, a mobile charger has to accompany it. out of 16days 9 was spent charging its batteries

I prefer a solar powered car

Nigerian pastors need to pray to God so Nigerians can start inventions .....lol

I just checked the map..you mean that car..moved from Bamako in mali to Budapest in Eastern Europe..through Sahara desert..

How did the car cross the ocean..did it go through the middle eastern countries..

Good

The rate of technological advancements in some parts of the world keeps me wondering if years to years all our national plan and goal will be fixing power, building roads, or hospitals. How long will it take for us to get things right and move on as a nation?

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satowind:
Smugglers will luv this ride

You are expecting smugglers to wait for hours to charge one useless car? keep decieving yourself there will never be anything like petrol powered car
You can't even drive this car in lagos where you could get stuck in traffic for hours

Yet the idiot we have as President ( Buhari ) is talking about Grazing Reserve / Cattle Colony.

wey we still dey find who get light... Make we charge our phone

Should EY be advertising?

HUSTLEOFMAN:
Nice one electric vehicles are here to stay.


But not everyone would go for it.

E no go sweet drive reach all this v8 monsters, the way they growl when ignited, and when revved, for example for mustang or dodge charger.

those sounds can be simulated in an EV if they is your desire.