Dutch man's epic 89,000km drive proves electric cars are viable in Australia

A Dutch man who has driven 89,000km from Amsterdam to Adelaide in a small electric car says he is proving to Australians that electric vehicles are a viable alternative.

 
Wiebe Wakker at a wildlife crossing during his drive around
Australia in his electric car. The Dutch man has driven
89,000km from Amsterdam to Adelaide in his
converted 2009 Volkswagen Golf. 

Since March 2016, adventurer Wiebe Wakker has driven across 33 countries from Europe to the Middle East to south-east Asia and finally to Australia in a 2009 Volkswagen Golf, converted to electric.

Over the past seven months he has continued the journey around Australia from Darwin down to Perth, across the Nullarbor to Newcastle, up to Queensland, and back down to Adelaide. After Adelaide, Wakker will finish once he reaches Melbourne and then Sydney.

Read the story from The Guardian by Naaman Zhou - “Dutch man's epic 89,000km drive proves electric cars are viable in Australia."