Recently, Nissan announced that British adventurer Chris Ramsey will drive the Nissan Ariya SUV across multiple continents and regions, crossing the North Pole and the South Pole, to complete the “Polar Crossing” of 27,000 kilometers.
The Polar Crossing expedition will officially begin in March 2023. British adventurer Chris Ramsey and his team will drive the dual-motor four-wheel-drive version of the Nissan Ariya, starting from the North Pole, crossing North America, Central America, and South America along the way, and ultimately reaching Antarctica, achieving a extreme weather crossing from minus 30⁰C to plus 30⁰C, and completing a 27,000 km pure electric exploration journey. Chris Ramsey will also become the world’s first driver of a purely electric car to cross the North and South Poles.
Nissan will provide two Nissan Ariyas with dual-motor four-wheel drive to Chris Ramsey. Nissan will modify one of the Nissan Ariyas with a customized sturdy exterior, upgraded wheels, tires, and suspension, making the vehicle more suitable for extreme terrain. The other Nissan Ariya, which is not modified, will serve as the support vehicle for Chris Ramsey’s team when traveling in the Americas.
Chris Ramsey is a well-known British adventurer who has been involved in pure electric vehicle exploration for more than ten years. In 2017, he and his wife Julie became the first team to drive a pure electric vehicle to complete the Mongol Rally. In addition, the couple has also driven a Nissan LEAF for 56 consecutive days, traveling through many places and completing more than 16,000 kilometers.
About Nissan Ariya
The ARIYA is available in two versions: front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. The front-wheel drive model uses a front-mounted motor structure and is divided into high and low power versions, with maximum power of 160 kW/178 kW respectively, and peak torque of 300 N·m. The 0-100 km/h acceleration is 7.6 s/7.5 s respectively, and the maximum speed is 160 km/h.The all-wheel drive version is equipped with front and rear dual motors, featuring Nissan’s e-4ORCE dual electric motor all-wheel control technology, coupled with a torque distribution system, capable of achieving a maximum power of 250 kW/290 kW, peak torque of 600 N·m, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.4 s/5.1 s, and having a top speed of 200 km/h.
The ARIYA offers two battery specifications of 63 kWh and 87 kWh, with an official claim of a WLTC standard range of up to 430 km for entry-level models and over 610 km for higher-end versions.
In terms of driver assistance, the Nissan ARIYA is equipped with ProPILOT 2.0 intelligent cruise control technology, supporting remote intelligent parking, automatic emergency braking, and assisted driving guidance based on navigation. Its perception hardware includes:
- 10 cameras;
- 5 millimeter wave radars (1 forward + 4 corners);
- 1 Luminar-supplied LiDAR;
- High-precision maps.
The Dongfeng Nissan pure electric SUV Ariya officially entered the blind test stage in China in April. The new car is positioned as a compact SUV, with a size of 4603 × 1900 × 1654 mm, a wheelbase of 2775 mm, and is Nissan’s first true pure electric platform model in the country, built on the CMF-EV electric propulsion platform of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.
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