THE GRAND ETOUR
The mission
Nick will be driving a Tesla Model S 100D from Land’s End to John O’Groats and back, relying on Tesla’s considerable Supercharger network to keep him going on the road.
The man
Experienced in all things electric powered, be it cars, motorcycles or bicycles, deputy editor Nick Odantzis is the ideal person for the task ahead, but he’s got the range fear…
The tech
Tesla Model S 100D £89,500, tesla.com
- 100kWh battery
- 393 miles
- 0-60 4.1 seconds
- 155mph top speed
- Smart air
suspension with GPS memory
- Collision Avoidance
- Auto emergency braking
- LED turning lights
- LED fog lights
- 17-inch touchscreen
- Wi-Fi and 4G
- Smartphone app for remote control
- HD rearview camera
- Power adjustable heated front seats with memory and driver profile
Electric cars are in, there’s no doubt about that. Where there is doubt is in how far you can travel in one. Battery power is all well and good in a city, when you’re not doing many miles and you’ve got a home charger to top you up when you get back from work, but put long-distance driving into the equation and suddenly everyone’s running for the hills – in their fossil-fuel-burning cars, of course. What could convince people to down their dead dinosaurs and take to this new generation of cleanburning machines? Tesla’s long-range road weapon: the Model S 100D.
A HEFTY CHARGE
Admittedly, Tesla is asking £90 large for the 100D – its tour-capable model – but in return for this outlay you can go about 393 miles on a charge, so you could drive almost anywhere
