Dutch couple drives electric 4x4 from Netherlands to South Africa

[Jan]

Electric 4x4 drives from Netherlands to South Africa

A Dutch couple has travelled from the Netherlands to South Africa in an electric car they primarily recharged using solar power.

Maarten van Pel and Renske Cox, founders of 4x4 Electric, set off from Amsterdam in a modified Skoda Enyaq iv80 SUV on 4 November 2022 and entered South Africa on 8 July 2023.

 

[backstreetboy]

Why? The ANC doesn't want them here.

 

[pinball wizard]

4 November 2022 and entered South Africa on 8 July 2023

I think people have literally done it faster on a bicycle.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Using 60 x 180 Watt panels.
WTF did they put so many panels?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

walking's faster

 

[pinball wizard]

She's a bit of a ginger, but still better looking the new Mr Dutchman thing.

 

[Tabac]

She's a bit of a ginger, but still better looking the new Mr Dutchman thing.

A bit ? Did you see the hair ontop of her lip ???

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

Using 60 x 180 Watt panels.
WTF did they put so many panels?

77kwh of batteries in the car. Do the math

 

[Lupus]

Just remember
sixty 180Wp panels stored in six purpose-built drawers. When laid out on the ground, they cover a surface area of 60m².

This is replacing petrol...

 

[Dan C]

walking's faster

you go and walk 20,000km. I think this is pretty cool.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

77kwh of batteries in the car. Do the math

I asked where?

 

[Hemi300c]

They had an excellent mechanic

 

[I.am.Sam]

i was in witsands last year

a couple from spain did a trip from there to here in a modified hilux

lovely stories when i chatted to them

they came during covid so was back and forth so took them over 2 years

 

[FiestaST]

They had an excellent mechanic
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Sies man, man.

Tainting the thread.

 

[FiestaST]

BTW Skoda Enyaq = one of the better EVs.

 

[xera]

I asked where?

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But the majority of power comes from a set of sixty 180Wp panels stored in six purpose-built drawers.

 

[borro]

They flying back?

 

[Bliksis]

What they saved on fuel were wasted on bribes

 

[nicroets]

I think people have literally done it faster on a bicycle.

Mainly because you can blend in and not attract crowds.

This guy took 10 months just to cycle Africa.

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I met another cyclist called Guus Van Veen who cycled down the East coast and then tried to go up the West coast. In Cameroon he couldn't get a visa for Nigeria and flew home.

 

[RedViking]

I wonder if they ever had any concerns for their safety.