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Are you able to think about an electrical automobile towing one other electrical automobile that’s 111 years older? Nicely, you don’t need to, as a result of right here it’s!
My buddy Jørn Grønkjær referred to as me up and mentioned: “Jesper, you have to see this, I’m getting my 1913 Detroit Electric towed to an exhibition at Aalborg Congress & culture centerby a Ford F-150 Lightning!”
My jaw dropped. It’s one factor that I’m fortunate sufficient to know the man who owns one of many only a few Detroit Electric vehicles in the world, that I wrote in depth about (with video)however because it turned out, the proprietor of a neighborhood auto shop, Kim Hansenhad not too long ago traveled to New York and bought a Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat and had it shipped to Denmark within the hope of getting it legally on the street. Wherein he succeeded, and celebrated by becoming 26-inch wheels on it!
It was a fantastic, chill, and sunny day, and I met up with Jørn, Kim, and his daughter Helena on the place the Detroit Electrical is saved. I requested Jørn why he was taking it to Aalborg, and he mentioned he could be showcasing it on the tenth European Convention on Sustainable Cities & Cities on October 1st by means of third. The 4th largest metropolis in Denmark, Aalborg, is internet hosting the convention on the situations for unlocking the total potential of native governance within the democratic transformation in the direction of a local weather impartial, equitable, and resilient Europe. The ESCT conference is organized by the municipality of Aalborg and ICLEI — Native Governments for Sustainability.
Jørn himself would accompany the motorcade in a model new Ford Explorer EV. It was fairly the sight, so I’ll let the photographs converse for themselves.
The roughly 80 miles was a chunk of cake for the Ford F-150 Lightning to tow the Detroit Electrical. No charging wanted. Had it failed, although, the Detroit would have made it by itself with its +100 miles of vary, albeit a bit slower!
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