We made it! After a tough and testing final leg of the expedition in Antarctica, we have finally finished. We arrived at the geographic & ceremonial South Poles on the 15th December 2023.
More updates to come 😀⚡️🚗
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
168 million disposable vapes sold in the U.K. last year.
Each have approx 0.5Ah 3.7v rechargeable lithium battery. Thats almost 310MWh of batteries produced for U.K. alone, 50% are thrown away.
That’s almost 6200 EV batteries a year. EV’s reduce CO2, vapes add to landfill.
We made it to the start line 👏🏻👏🏻
We arrived at the 1823 Magnetic North Pole location after a gruelling drive crossing the Arctic. Our
#nissanariya
& 39” BFGoodrich Tires have performed superbly.
#poletopoleev
#nissan
#bfgoodrichtires
In your moment of great pride, there will inevitably be haters.
We’ve experienced everything from death threats to people hoping we fall down a crevasse & die.
Remember, it’s a small amount of negativity & there is a huge wave of positivity. Ride the positivity wave 👊🏻
@ArtyBagger
They will be fine. As other have mentioned it will function for days with heating on. The petrol cars will need refuelled before the EV’s.
Our EV managed just fine crossing Antarctica during this last few weeks in -43 (with wind chill) & heating on 👌🏻
I know I am biased, but our expedition just looks awesome, and no matter where I go everyone wants to ask me about it.
It’s a been a huge hit in Canada, especially with the pickup truck community. Made a few of them thinks little differently about
#EV
😀
#poletopoleev
I am really excited to finally announce my next expedition.
To be the worlds first person to drive from Pole to Pole, and using an electric vehicle to raise awareness of
#ClimateChange
&
#Conservation
Sit back & turn up the volume & please share 🙏
Things are going well so far in Antarctica. We left 3 days ago & have been covering our predicted daily distance 👍🏻
Temp is around -16. The car tent has housed the Ariya at 0 to +4 at the moment. Solar is working ok. Had thick cloudy skies at the moment
#poletopoleev
#nissan
You can’t drive to Scotland in a
#EV
Me: Currently driving from Aberdeen to London for an evening meeting, sleeping overnight, another meeting & then driving back up to Aberdeen in my
#EV
31hrs, 2 meetings, 1100miles in 1 EV
@QuentinWillson
@bobbyllew
@KateFantom
@ecocars1
Not even 48hrs into his 3000mile drive from Halifax, NS to Edmonton in 5 days, and Canada had already made its mark on the
#poletopoleev
expedition Ariya 😮
It’s been epic & Chris is already 1950miles in after just 3.5 days.
🇨🇦⚡️🚗🌎
#nissan
#nissanariya
#bfgoodrichtyres
“Five major challenges facing electric vehicles”
1. The BBC.
2. Mainstream media outlets funded by Oil money.
3. Scared Fossil Fuel investors.
4. The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers lobby group
5. Vehicle manufacturers with no EV offering.
We made it to the mid point of the earth, the equator line.
Such a milestone moment on our expedition as we have reached the ceremonial halfway point. After all the challenges of the puncture the night before, it made arriving here even more rewarding and sweeter.
#poletopoleev
It’s been amazing drive across Canada 🇨🇦
3000 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Edmonton & just want to give a shout out to all the people that have shown me kindness & support during my drive.
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#nissanariya
#bfgoodrichtires
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas from us. We hope you all have a wonderful time & enjoy your celebrations 👍🏼
We have made it safely back to Union Glacier camp for xmas day & are getting prepared for the car & us to be extracted back to Chile.
#poletopoleev
#nissan
The difference between the impossible & the possible lies in a persons determination.
A dream doesn’t become reality without determination, hard work, perseverance. & a good support network.
Trust in yourself. Trust your crazy idea 👊🏻
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
@bobbyllew
James Dyson net worth in excess of $13billion and says EV project not viable.
@elonmusk
net worth in excess of $13billion and....we’ll know how that story goes.
Shows the difference between a passion to do good in this world & a passion to profit from an industry.
A quick update on our progress on our drive to the Geographical South Pole in our Nissan Ariya, Sonrisa.
We crossed the halfway point yesterday & progress was hampered by deep snow. We are pressing on though & on track to reach the Pole within schedule 👍🏻⚡️🚗
#poletopoleev
Comparing reliability between an Electric car & combustion engine car is easy. Just look at the mechanical working parts in a combustion engine car. What could possibly go wrong!
We are so excited to finally reveal our
#poletopoleev
Expedition Ariya to you all.
@arctictrucks
have done an incredible job on the build & it looks awesome on its 39" K02
@BFGoodrichTires
The tyre selection is crucial to how we can cross the poles.
let us know what you think?
Here is a quick look at Union Glacier Base camp in Antarctica.
Tomorrow we set off from here and drive our Nissan Ariya (Sonrisa) to the South Pole ⚡️🚗👍🏻
#poletopolev
#nissanariya
#nissan
Check out our Pole to Pole EV Expedition trailer.
If you would like to see our expedition made into a documentary, raise your hand 🖐️🖐️
Please share this trailer far and wide as we begin our search for a broadcaster/streaming platform 🙏
@bobbyllew
@Kent_EVs
In fact Nissan couldn’t find enough used EV batteries globally for the Amsterdam Arena battery storage project.
300,000+ LEAFs sold worldwide & only 9 available, the rest are still working in their cars.
‘Battery mountain’ = clickbait journalism
An extremely difficult video to record. A combination of zero wind, a prototype trailer system & crucially a race to reach an ice road that is closing & melting! We had no choice.
The expedition is to demonstrate the capabilities of an EV though & we will stay true to this.
Diesel Driver “Yeah your EV’s great, but the electricity comes from coal eh? Gone quiet now haven’t you”
Me “On the contrary, let’s look at facts. I charge from solar. If I do use grid, Scotland powers itself twice over by wind.”
DD “Oh, I didn’t know”
We are back home! We made it back safe. We have been back a few weeks now but very busy with home admin, family/friends & interviews.
Been enjoying some home comforts too & busy working on 2024 plans.
Stay tuned tomorrow USA 😉⚡️🚗👍🏻
Hi everyone, we have been a little quiet this last few days.
That is because we have now arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile and it has been non-stop preparation and getting ready for the final leg of our expedition, and that is Antarctica.
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
@POTUS
@SecretaryPete
@AOC
you are right pushing the
#EV
transition, which we are too as part of our
#poletopoleev
expedition.
However
@ElectrifyAm
are letting your country down, and also letting your funding of them down too.
You need to make them accountable on reliability
A very happy birthday to my husband 🎂🎉
A person that continues to demonstrate that with passion, determination & commitment that anything is possible.
I think he deserves a coffee & a nice big slice of cake today ❤️ 👍🏻
#poletopoleev
We were setting up our last camp on route back to Cambridge Bay.
*note posts are a little behind the live gos tracker on website, but we are catching up now we have internet 👍🏻
With just under 60 miles left to drive until we reach the South Pole in our Nissan Ariya EV, we are absolutely blown away to receive this message of encouragement and support from the amazing
@PepTeam
who is also an Ariya owner.
Thank you Pep &
@mancity
for your support 🙏🏻
Julie & I on route back from the 1823 Magnetic North Pole location.
For most people, leaving the Mag Pole location was seen as the start of our expedition. For us it started a good few weeks before, after all we needed to drive there first 😉⚡️🚗🌎
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
Happy New Year Everyone 👍🏻🎉🥂
The time has come to say goodbye to 2023 and hello to 2024. Tomorrow is the first blank page in a 365 day book. Write the best story full of as much happiness, kindness, support and love that you can everyone 😀
#poletopoleev
#nissan
#HappyNewYear
Reaching the South Pole and writing a new page in the automotive history books was such an emotional and incredible feeling.
#poletopoleev
#nissan
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Countries banning the sale of
#FossilFuel
vehicles. Still think no EV’s is a good idea
@Mazda_UK
UK 2040
Austria 2020
China 2040
Costa Rica 2021
Denmark 2030
France 2040
Germany 2030
India 2030
Ireland 2030
Israel 2030
Netherlands 2030
Norway 2025
Scotland 2032
Taiwan 2040
We are in Argentina & driving the world famous Ruta 40 🇦🇷 😀
Was great to get the drone out & capturing the roads & landscape. A mixture of tarmac & dirt roads & we absolutely love the dirt road sections the best!
We have the best tyres in the business 😉👌🏻
#poletopoleev
The EPIC sand dunes of Ica in
#Peru
. Driving on this terrain was absolutely incredible!
The other drivers were surprised to see just how capable our Ariya was. It was the first EV they had allowed onto the dunes. Hopefully it’s got them thinking EV 👌🏻⚡️🚗
#poletopoleev
#nissan
I am absolutely delighted to announce that Nissan has joined the Pole to Pole EV expedition as the Official Vehicle Partner with the all-new Ariya e-4ORCE.
Check out the Pole to Pole EV website to find out more:
#PoletoPoleEV
#Nissan
#NissanAriya
EV’s can’t handle the cold. EV’s can’t drive long distance.
This is us driving on the Arctic Ocean up in the Queen Elizabeth Islands in North East Canada.
-39 & we have preceded to drive all the way from the 1823 Mag North Pole location to Greenville South Carolina so far 👍🏻
If hotels aren’t going to offer EV charging, then we just take our hotel to the charging 👌🏻
We cannot wait to travel through South America as we have some really special Camping/Charging locations lined up 👍🏻
Flooded roads, lightning, monsoon like rain and fog….just a nice little drive through Costa Rica.
Thought we would just put a final nail in the coffin of “you can’t charge an EV in the rain” comments we still here.
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
Passed through the snowstorm safely and carefully in New Brunswick. I think the snow loves the car too, as it’s clinging to it 😂😂
39” KO2
@bfgoodrichtires
keeping me safe and planted on the road and my confidence in these rough conditions.
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#nissanariya
We visited an actual active & smoking volcano in a small tourist town called Pucon in Chile.
The road was a little rough getting to the viewpoint but it was worth it. Breathtaking views on clear cloud free day. Amazing! ⚡️🚗🇨🇱
#poletopoleev
#nissan
#nissanev
Adding some electrons to the Expedition Ariya in Vancouver.
A good 7kw destination charger at the shops where we went to meet up with a friend 👌🏻⚡️🚗
Car & tyres were getting lots of attention as always.
This sums up the devastating imprint we leave on our coastlines every day. Let’s take a leaf out of our wildlife’s book & enjoy the natural beauty of our world, while leaving it as pristine as we found it!
#plasticfree
A bit of nostalgia today. I discovered an original
@Tesla
roadster charger in Aviemore, Scotland during charging on the
@GBEVRally
@elonmusk
any idea how many of these are still operational globally?
The last message I recorded in the field before arriving in Union Glacier.
Driving to the South Pole in our Nissan Ariya EV has been a phenomenal experience. Antarctica has been brutal, emotional & spectacular.
Soon we leave & can start sharing our story
#poletopoleev
Our view this morning from Northern hamlet of Cambridge Bay.
-33 outside & time to take the
#poletopoleev
Ariya for a drive. Tomorrow we plan to visit the local school & show the car to the kids.
In the distance that is the ocean, not land & where we will be driving soon.
2022 is going to be a big year.
The year that an electric car will set off from the South Pole and drive across
#Antartica
, the America's and onwards to the Magnetic North Pole.
🇦🇶🌎⚡️🚗
#LetsDoThis
#PoleToPole
#PlugInAdventure
My heart encouraged me to take risks in my electric car, to boldly go. Adventure has taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure. Listen to your heart, your passion & your soul and go in your life’s adventures 👊🏻
Seriously
@10DowningStreet
&
@DefraGovUK
There’s electric generators, large site battery storage & electric construction vehicles. Stop supporting burning stuff & palm oil plantations by using this nonsense.
@bobbyllew
This is a constant reaction from motorists on the road throughout Canada.
Lots of love being shown for the Expedition Ariya from
#EV
&
#PetrolHeads
alike.
Thank you to all Canadians you are so kind. 😀👏🏻👌🏻⚡️🚗
Found myself in a
#EV
convoy today.
Car in front was an ID3 and looking ahead the cars in front of that were a LEAF and a Polestar, and pulling out of junction to fall in behind me….a Kia Soul EV 👏🏻⚡️🌏
The roads they are a changing people 👌🏻
Big milestone. We leave Central America.
Lots of people have asked how we planned to cross the infamous Darien Gap. It has no roads & is dangerous to cross unsupported. We have always said we will ship the vehicle around the gap like all other overlanders do.
#poletopoleev
Today a boyhood dream became a reality. Honoured to feature in 2020
@GWR
official book.
The team behind me recorded every step of every minute & deserve all the credit. Without them this wouldn’t have been possible, they worked tirelessly & still found the time to encourage me.
Cruising Peru
•16,000 miles (25,500km) covered
🛞original 39” BFGoodrich K02 tires is just remarkable.
🚗Arctic Trucks phenomenal car modification.
Together we have created a truly special vehicle, dispelling EV myths & breaking new ground in overland exploration.
At the Geographic South Pole, the 2023 marker is hugely fitting for our expedition. It’s a complete coincidence the marker at the Amundsen Scott base have commemorated Sir Edmund Hilary for being the first person in history to take a vehicle to the South Pole back in 1958 😀👏🏻
What an incredible journey it's been so far on the Pole to Pole EV Expedition! 🚗💨
We've covered miles of breathtaking landscapes, met inspiring people & demonstrated how robust EV’s can be.
Thanks you for all your support! Your the best
#nissan
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
We made it to Mexico 😀🇲🇽
The people here have already welcomed us with open arms & we’ve interacted with so many people at charging stops.
Our first public 50kw DC charge in Mexico and it worked first time 👌🏻
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#nissan
We spotted a Polar Bear while in the Arctic.
We stayed well away and viewed from a far to ensure we did not bother it and respect that we are in its home.
Such a magical moment on the expedition 🐻❄️❤️😀
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
Waking up in Antarctica on the last morning in the field.
The last two days are just spectacular as you arrive at the mountains/Patriot Hills. Before this you are driving in a vast expanse of nothing, which is oddly mesmerising too.
#poletopoleev
#nissan
#nissanariya
We are pleased to announce that Chris smashed the current
@GWR
for the ‘Greatest distance covered on an electric bike in 12 hours’ by just over 70miles. Read more here:
The “you can’t charge an electric car in the rain” myth has been busted so many times before & is common sense of course you can.
So let’s just put a final nail in this myths coffin shall. Parts of the road were flooded but made it to the charger just fine⚡️🚗⛈️
#poletopoleev
Who’s been enjoying a good night sleep?
We are settling down for another night in the car, basically the main hotel for our expedition.
If you meet us and we are looking a little tired, you will now know why. The Ariya is very comfy, but nothing beats a bed of course 😂
After setting off from the 1823 Magnetic North Pole location approx 12weekd ago & travelling down a mix of Highway 101 & 1 in our Expedition Ariya EV, we have arrived in
#LosAngeles
👏🏻
We are ready to hit the iconic sites across the city. Give us your top tips LA 👍🏻
The
#BigCats
are finally breaking cover from the wild and prowling the streets and motorways of the U.K. Spotted one yesterday taking onboard some
#renewable
#electrons
from
@ecotricity
Such a good looking
#EV
⚡️🚗👌🏻
Ambassador Announcement 📣
Today is a very humbling moment for us personally, as we welcome on board
@bobbyllew
as our official
#poletopoleev
ambassador.
He is such an inspirational figure to us.
Read more about Robert & I here:
#nissan
#nissanariya
Happy 14th Anniversary to my soulmate, best friend & biggest inspiration in my life.
Our 2017 anniversary was spent on a Russian container ship during Mongol Rally & this year sleeping at charge point in humid Mexico. She stands by my side.
Julie is so strong & courageous
“Formula E will never work” they said!
“There won’t be enough public engagement” they said!
Well demand is so poor that we been queued on the FE website to buy tickets for London race for nearly 10mins.
@FIAFormulaE
is proving all doubters wrong 👊🏻⚡️🚗
People often ask “But what happens when you’re driving a long distance and need to charge?”
I simply stop at one of the many charging locations in the U.K.
Sorry I would have pointed out some specific towns, but I can’t actually see the U.K. for all the charging locations
We absolutely love it when the highways turn into dirt and gravel roads, but sometimes you just cannot beat that feeling you get when you finally see tarmac again after many miles of rugged roads 😂😂
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
Just hanging out at the beach when
“Excuse me mate, I’m a biker too. What make is that as it sounds odd but looks cool”
Me “It’s fully electric & that noise is the motor and drive system.”
“Wow they make electric bikes! Going to check this company out, that is so awesome”
What’s that coming over the hill!!! It’s 💯 electric and it’s awesome.
Mini Nissan Ariya meets the Beast!
Let’s do this!! 👊🏼⚡️🚗
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
#nissan
Ruta 40 Argentina 🇦🇷 ❤️
In just a couple of days we will cross the border again into Chile & arrive in Punta Arenas, completing leg 2 of the expedition in our Ariya EV.
Then we head into Antarctica for leg 3 & definitely living on the edge!
#poletopoleev
One of the ways we are minimise our impact during the expedition is to use the car as our hotel as much as we can.
Charging locations can sometimes present us with sleeping challenges though…..😂😴
#poletopoleev
#nissan
#nissanariya
We finally got the opportunity to get our
@Thule
Approach roof top tent out again. This time in Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador.
Waking up in the morning & looking out at the worlds largest active volcano in the distance, trust us it’s there behind the clouds 😂
#poletopoleev
The town of Banff, Alberta are implementing many solutions to lessen their impact on the planet, and to protect the beautiful landscape, wildlife and environment they live in.
#EV
buses, along with a zero landfill by 2035 & renewable energy generation strategies are just a few
I wanted to wish
@DeanFieldingF1
& team the best as this weekend they will drive his 11yr old
@Tesla
roadster 800miles from John O’Groats to Lands End in aid of
@ZeroCarbonWorld
A trip this same car did in 2011!
Please support if you can 🙏🏻👇👇
Flashback to the
#Arctic
and Julie showing the frozen lake we were driving on.
Tyre pressures were sitting around 6psi to displace the cars weight to keep up safe on the ice in case of any thin areas ❄️😬👌🏻
“Life is a Highway” and what a highway it has been over these last 18523 miles.
There’s been laughter, tears, arguments, jokes, hugs and much more. Every emotion you can think of, we will have probably been through it, but what a ride.
#poletopoleev
#nissanariya
Charging at this really cool cafe stop in Bajo Caracoles on Ruta 40. It was really exciting to be here as we recognise this location from watching the Long Way Up where Charlie & Ewan stopped to charge their
@LiveWireEV
bikes.
❤️ the Long Way series
#poletopoleev
#nissan
Amazing news. We've been able to reduce our GoFundMe target quite significantly thanks to securing new partners.
Every share is appreciated & every single penny will be used to do good on the planet.
To clarify, absolutely nothing goes to us!
Some of our comfort foods from back home in Scotland that we are enjoying on the road up in the Arctic.
These are important as they are the little treats that you look forward to each day, as expedition food can get a bit boring.
@TunnockOfficial
@irnbru
Renewable energy + EV = two parts of the solution.
This energy site has 45 x 2MW wind & 60MW of solar & it is one of many sites in Chile. In 2022 energy from renewable sources accounted for 27.5% of Chile’s electricity. It over took coal for first time which is fantastic news.