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Detour #236: Dhofar, So Good – An Off-Road Adventure in Oman
Road Trips Ben Barry 1/19/24 Road Trips Ben Barry 1/19/24

Detour #236: Dhofar, So Good – An Off-Road Adventure in Oman

Ben Barry discovers Oman’s Dhofar region in an adventure-ready, all-electric Audi

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Driving Pole to Pole in an electric car? Completed it, mate
Detour Life Nik Berg 12/18/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 12/18/23

Driving Pole to Pole in an electric car? Completed it, mate

British adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey have just become the first people to drive from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole. What’s more they’ve done it in an all-electric car.

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Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier and TV presenter
My Favourite Detour Abi Butcher 11/6/23 My Favourite Detour Abi Butcher 11/6/23

Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier and TV presenter

Chemmy Alcott is a four-time Winter Olympian, ski coach, BBC Ski Sunday presenter and keen driver. Last winter, she challenged herself to drive a Škoda Enyaq around the Alps — learning the hard way how to make an electric car work over 4,500 miles in the mountains.

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Across the Sahara on solar power
Detour Life Nik Berg 10/18/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 10/18/23

Across the Sahara on solar power

A team of Dutch students has just crossed the Sahara desert in a car powered solely by the sun.

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Nissan's electric adventurers have just crossed the equator
Detour Life Nik Berg 9/27/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 9/27/23

Nissan's electric adventurers have just crossed the equator

The husband and wife team driving a Nissan Ariya electric car from the North to the South Pole have passed the halfway point.

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Porsche electrifies Australia with 3,000 mile road trip
Detour Life Nik Berg 9/20/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 9/20/23

Porsche electrifies Australia with 3,000 mile road trip

A Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo has just just proved that long-distance EV travel is easy – even across the most remote parts of Australia.

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The first EV to drive around the world is going for another lap
Detour Life Nik Berg 8/14/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 8/14/23

The first EV to drive around the world is going for another lap

On 2012 Rafael de Mestre set out in his Telsa Roadster from Barcelona on a mission to circumnavigate the globe. Now he’s doing it again.

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EV road tripping across the world will soon get easier, greener and more luxurious
Detour Life Nik Berg 8/2/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 8/2/23

EV road tripping across the world will soon get easier, greener and more luxurious

Attempting long trips by electric vehicle is still seen as somewhat risky and adventurous, but that should soon change once a wide range of initiatives around the world are put into place.

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Meet the Dutch duo driving to South Africa and back in an electric car
Detour Life Sudhir Matai 7/17/23 Detour Life Sudhir Matai 7/17/23

Meet the Dutch duo driving to South Africa and back in an electric car

Maarten van Pel and Renske Cox are on a mission to drive from The Netherlands to Cape Town and back in an electric Skoda.

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Back to the future in the world's first VW ID. Buzz camper
Road Trips Simon Heptinstall 6/14/23 Road Trips Simon Heptinstall 6/14/23

Back to the future in the world's first VW ID. Buzz camper

Simon Heptinstall gets his hands on the first camper conversion of VW’s new electric van.

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From Austria to Slovakia by EV
Detour Life Nik Berg 12/19/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 12/19/22

From Austria to Slovakia by EV

A new online electric travel guide steers EV drivers on a road trip across central Europe.

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Win a stay in the world's first car-powered hotel
Detour Life Nik Berg 10/22/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 10/22/22

Win a stay in the world's first car-powered hotel

Hyundai has opened the first hotel powered by an electric car and you can win an overnight stay.

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3,000 miles, 16 countries, 89 hours and electric all the way
Detour Life Nik Berg 9/21/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 9/21/22

3,000 miles, 16 countries, 89 hours and electric all the way

A team of EV adventurers has driven a Kia EV6 from Norway to Portugal faster than Stirling Moss.

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10 tips for a stress-free EV road trip
Road Trips Nik Berg 8/1/22 Road Trips Nik Berg 8/1/22

10 tips for a stress-free EV road trip

The key to a successful and stress-free road trip in an electric car is forward planning. With 5,000 miles of electric trips under the wheels of the Detour daily-driver Kia EV6, here’s what we’ve learned.

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Charging your EV on a British road trip just got more interesting
Detour Life Nik Berg 7/20/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 7/20/22

Charging your EV on a British road trip just got more interesting

Britain’s EV charging points can make for rather depressing pit stops, but EV owners looking to use their re-charge time in a more enjoyable way have been offered some more enticing options thanks to new recommendations by Lexus.

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Detour #154: Electrifying the Norfolk coast, UK
Road Trips Nik Berg 5/13/22 Road Trips Nik Berg 5/13/22

Detour #154: Electrifying the Norfolk coast, UK

Our first fully electric Detour takes Nik Berg on a shore-hugging tour of Norfolk. Will the battery end up as flat as the landscape?

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Road tripping a Tesla around Australia using only the power of the sun
Detour Life Nik Berg 4/27/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 4/27/22

Road tripping a Tesla around Australia using only the power of the sun

A team of Australian scientists is planning to drive a Tesla 9,380 miles around Australia, charging only with solar power.

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A British adventurer plans to drive from Pole to Pole in an electric car
Detour Life Nik Berg 4/7/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 4/7/22

A British adventurer plans to drive from Pole to Pole in an electric car

Chris Ramsey of Plug In Adventure is aiming to be the first person to drive from Antarctica to the Arctic in an EV.

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This concept car will let you star in your own road movie
Detour Life Nik Berg 3/7/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 3/7/22

This concept car will let you star in your own road movie

To the delight of YouTubers worldwide Polestar has unveiled a sleek hardtop convertible that has an integrated drone to film you as you drive.

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This electric Porsche just 'charged' across America in record time
Detour Life Nik Berg 2/3/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 2/3/22

This electric Porsche just 'charged' across America in record time

Porsche has continued its record-breaking run with the Taycan by driving from Los Angeles to New York and charging in the shortest time ever.

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