New record when Teslan drove to Ystad

Photo: Carl Johan Engvall

Tibor Blomhäll left Haparanda on Tuesday at 1:45 pm On Wednesday at 10:36 he entered Ystad.

The old record of 23 hours and five minutes has broken a wide margin.

"It's very nice." The trip was generally as planned. I had planned the trip with an app that took more than 19 hours, but she had not relied on all the trucks transportation to Norrland on the 2 + 1 routes, "said Tibor Blomhäll, chairman of Tesla club Sweden.

He was one of the participants who left Haparanda 162 km north on Tuesday at 13:45. The trip was part of the SECC – Swedish Electric Car Championship with three participating electric cars. In addition to Teslan, an I-Pace Jaguar and a Hyundai Woman were on the starting line. When Tibor Blomhäll had victory talks in Ystad, the competitors were in Linköping and Hudiksvall.

Photo: Carl Johan Engvall

Tibor Blomhäll is president of the Swedish club Tesla.

"What makes Teslan superior is not the capacity of the car without the Tesla charging network, which allows you to charge twice as fast," says Tibor Blomhäll.

For his part, the trip involved that he had to stay seven times to recharge the car's batteries. Each stop took about 20 minutes. Then the car is fully loaded to get to the next charging station.

"We arrived at the first charge at Skellefteå at the same time, but when I could go after 20 minutes, the rest of them stayed for an hour.

In addition, the Jaguaren driver struggled to find the right type of charging station, which gave him the real look.

"The cars that we have selected for the race belong to the new generation of electric cars, capable of traveling between 30 and 40 miles on the highway.Tesla will only get good competition first when the other manufacturers catch up. their charging network, "says Tibor Blomhäll.

Photo: Carl Johan Engvall

Seven times, the car had to be loaded during the 162 km drive.

In Germany, car manufacturers have merged into their own network called Ionity, which aims to create a fast charging network along major European motorways.

For Tibor Blomhäll, a lunch at Ystad was waiting to celebrate the victory. Then he waited for the other participants, slept for a moment, and then ran the kosan north again to the Stockholm house.