Recharge 54 times – with the electric Nissan Ariya from the North to the South Pole

The Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE has a range of up to 500 kilometers. So if you take it easy and plan your stops well, you can travel from the North Pole to the South Pole on “only” 54 charges. And that’s exactly what the Brit Chris Ramsey will do.

At least we assume that Ramsey has to load well over 54 times. You don’t run out of battery in an electric car. Especially not in northern Canada and South America, where the charging infrastructure is still in its infancy. Otherwise you come to a standstill.

Electric Nissan Ariya as Arctic Truck

Ramsey and his wife Julie set off in March and descend through North America, Central America and South America. They begin at the magnetic north pole and end at the magnetic south pole in Antarctica.

They use an all-wheel drive Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE with 306 hp and 600 Nm. The plug-in SUV is said to be able to achieve a range of 500 kilometers with its 87 kWh battery, but due to the urgently needed adjustments to the pole-to-pole Ariya, it will probably no longer be able to achieve this.

The Nissan, which has been specially adapted for the trip, is equipped with, among other things, all-terrain tires with deep tread and extra reinforcements under the floor. It’ll be revealed in February, but judging by early design sketches, the Ramseys’ Ariya looks like two drops of water on an arctic truck.

Temperatures from minus 30 to plus 30 degrees

Chris and Julie are not alone for most of the trip. On the North America – South America route, they will be assisted by an escort team driving behind them in a production Nissan Ariya. And must have an emergency generator on board.

Both Ariyas get it pretty rough. They are exposed to temperatures of over 30 degrees. The modified car that actually takes pole suffers from the other extreme: minus 30 degrees. And we all know that electric vehicles hate the cold.

Previously 16,000 kilometers in a Nissan Leaf

For Chris and Julie Ramsey, the Pole to Pole expedition isn’t their first monster ride. In 2017, they became the first to drive the 16,000-kilometer Mongol Rally in an electric car. In their own Nissan Leaf, it took them no less than 56 days.

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