Couple Completes Pole-to-Pole Road Trip in a Nissan Ariya
• Pole to Pole in an all-electric vehicle? Done!
When it comes to electric vehicles, one longstanding obstacle has yet to fully disappear, even in 2023: many potential buyers are anxious about range. Safe to say that’s not much of an issue for Chris and Julie Ramsey. The couple has just spent 10 months behind the wheel of a Nissan Ariya on an unusual journey. The pair drove it pole-to-pole - from the North Pole to the South Pole.
They started the 30,000-km trip on the frozen Arctic Sea at the North Magnetic Pole. The couple tackled a multitude of different terrains and surfaces, not to mention a wide range of weather conditions. After crossing the continents of North, Central and South America, the Ramseys reached the planet's most remote continent, Antarctica and their final destination, the South Pole.
Need we point out, this is the first time an electric vehicle has accomplished such a journey.
The version used was equipped with Nissan's e-4orce all-wheel drive system, no surprise there. And as you can see from the images shared by the carmaker, the vehicle was modified by polar-mobility specialists Arctic Trucks. Notably, the normally urban SUV rides on 39-inch BF Goodrich tires.
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