Adventurer Lexie Alford from Miami drove 30,000 kilometres (18,641 miles) through 27 countries and crossed six continents in the new electric Ford Explorer, to receive her record certificate from RecordSetter, a world records organisation similar to the Guinness World Records.
“I’m feeling absolutely speechless,/” Alford said upon receiving her award. /”This has been the honour and a privilege of a lifetime to be able to travel around the world in an electric vehicle, and honestly, a little bit of a relief because I’m feeling so exhausted from the past 200 days on the road./”
Defying freezing conditions, power outages in Africa, and a lack of charging infrastructure in Chile’s Atacama Desert, Alford made it back to the south of France where she started her /”Charge Around The Globe/” journey on September 8, 2023.
According to a Ford Motors press release, its Explorer “can achieve a driving range of more than 600 km on a single charge”.
Over the course of Alford’s six-month journey, she had to use alternative charging solutions such as DC (direct current) fast chargers, household outlets, solar panels, and portable battery packs.
/”I think the goal of pushing the limits of what’s possible to do in an electric vehicle, I hope that, through my journey around the world, I’ve shown that you’re very much able to drive an electric vehicle in Europe every day,/” Alford said.
Martin Sander, general manager of Ford Model e Europe, said it was a great moment for Ford in Europe.
/”Exactly 100 years ago, Aloha Wanderwell was the first person to actually travel around the globe in a car. And today, Lexie ‘Limitless’ is returning from a journey around the globe in an electric vehicle – the first time this has ever been done with an electric vehicle,/” he said.
This is not Lexie ‘Limitless’ Alford’s first world record; at the age of 21 years and 177 days, she became the Guinness World Record-holder for the youngest person to travel to all sovereign countries and the youngest female to travel to all sovereign countries. (REUTERS)
(Production: Lynné Schoeman)
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