Australian Tesla Roadster owner and founder of Internet services provider Internode, Simon Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas have driven a Tesla Roadster for a record 501 km (313 miles) distance on a single charge.
On October 27, the Tesla was driven from Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory and in the centre of Australia, to a distance marker on the Stuart Highway north of Coober Pedy, in South Australia.
The distance traveled actually was 503 km, if one included the exit from Parc Ferme' to join the highway. However, the record claimed is 501 km, as this was the distance that was completed and monitored as part of the 3147 km 2009 Global Green Challenge ‘Eco Challenge’ event, from the top of Australia to the bottom. After having completed the run, the car still had about 4.82 km (3 miles) range left.
The average amount of electricity used during the run was 108 watt hours per km.
Accompanying the Tesla on the run was the Deep Green Research modified Honda electric vehicle that achieved an endurance run of 360 km using an average amount of electricity of 85 watt hours per km.
Links:
Blog - Internode
News Release- Internode
News Release - Tesla Motors
Global Green Challenge - official site
Tesla World Record - Global Green Challenge
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