http://insideevs.com/team-uber-qik-breaks-two-electric-vehicle-coast-to-coast-world-records-la-to-ny-in-58-hours-55-minutes/ Team Uber Qik Breaks Two Electric Vehicle Coast-to-Coast World Records – LA To NY In 58 Hours & 55 Minutes [20150518] by Mark Kane
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Drivers Rodney Hawk, Deena Mastracci and Carl Reese drove from Los Angeles City Hall on April 16 to New York City Hall on April 19 in 58 hours and 55 minutes setting a new unofficial record for Guinness Book of World Records. Of course they used a Tesla Model S (the latest P85D version), moving from Supercharger to Supercharger along the way. This is currently the only solution to set a new record, as no other electric car has range and infrastructure properly covered. They set also a second record for least charging time in an EV at 12 hours and 48 minutes. “Accompanied by witnesses and timekeepers, Anthony Alvarado, Matt Nordenstrom and Johnnie Oberg, Jr., Team Uber Qik, led by Reese, broke the previous EV U.S. coast-to-coast time record of 67 hours and 21 minutes set by a team from Edmunds.com in summer 2014. While the team broke two records during this trip, Guinness only recognizes the “least non-driving time to cross the U.S. in an electric vehicle,” meaning the shortest amount of charging time. The team logged just 12 hours and 48 minutes plugged in at Tesla’s growing network of supercharging stations conveniently located along major freeways and free to use for all Tesla owners.“ Carl Reese of Santa Clarita, California said: “I was inspired by my grandfather who took me on road trips as a child and Alex Roy who broke the cross-country record in a gasoline vehicle in 2006. Tesla is such a compelling car company that is creating tens of thousands of American jobs, with Tesla Motors in Fremont, California, Giga Factory in Sparks, Nevada, and Space X in Hawthorne, California.” Team Uber Qik was sponsored by global fleet tracking company GPS Insight, as well as by InspectMobile.com, TeslaGrille.com and Chalkolot.com. [© insideevs.com] http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/19/tesla-model-s-goes-coast-to-coast-in-58-hours-including-charge/ Tesla Model S goes coast-to-coast in 58 hours (including charge times) May 19th 2015 Danny King [image http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/1024x576+0+100/resize/800x450!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/b6be5879844a77d8442bb58afa568870/202012585/CEbczIdUUAA7MAt.jpg_large.jpg ] Old Record Beaten By About Eight Hours I see you, Edmunds.com, and I raise you about eight hours. Not to put too fine a point on it (this reporter once worked for Edmunds and has nothing against them whatsoever) but that publication's record-setting cross-country trip in a Tesla Model S last year just got taken down. By a solid work day. Drivers Rodney Hawk, Deena Mastracci and Carl Reese recently took their electric vehicle from Los Angeles to New York City and finished the trip about five minutes short of 59 hours, according to Hybrid Cars. Impressively, the trio spent less than 13 hours recharging the vehicle, meaning that about 46 hours were spent behind the wheel. With about 2,800 miles separating the two cities, that means the gents had an average speed of 60 miles per hour. Quite civilized, actually. The trio, which called themselves Team Über Qiq, posted their progress on Twitter. Last year, Edmunds did a similar trip in 67 hours and 21 minutes, with more than 14 hours spent recharging. Of course, this year's team had the advantage of a more robust Supercharger network, meaning that the trio could put the hammer down with a little more impunity that their forbearers with a little less range anxiety. AutoblogGreen was part of a cross-country diesel trip last year that finished in about 47 hours, so we can guess how tired the Tesla drivers felt at the end of the trip. 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