Can You Road Trip Across the USA in an Electric Car?
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Can an electric vehicle road trip across the USA? @sciencewithsophie and crew put it to the test!
Science communicator, actor, and comedian, Sophie Shrand, and crew set out from Los Angeles in an electric vehicle to test America’s charging infrastructure and meet people building a brighter future today. Sophie wants to know: Can it be done? And can it be fun? Logistics complete, car packed, and cameras focused, the mysteries of Lake Mead, NV await!
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Can You Road Trip Across the USA in an Electric Car?
Preview: Special | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Science communicator, actor, and comedian, Sophie Shrand, and crew set out from Los Angeles in an electric vehicle to test America’s charging infrastructure and meet people building a brighter future today. Sophie wants to know: Can it be done? And can it be fun? Logistics complete, car packed, and cameras focused, the mysteries of Lake Mead, NV await!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship<6("Also zach Zarathustra" on electric guitar)<6 Hi, I'm Sophie.
Sophie Shrand.
I drove an electric car from Los Angeles to Boston and back on a coast to coast roundtrip journey across the USA.
"Aaahhhh!"
I set out to answer two questions: Can it be done?
- "You know what...?"
- "Few and far between."
And can it be fun?
Augh!
(Sophie laughing) This worked out perfectly.
Along the way, I would explore the science of sustainable travel... "One of the fastest vehicles in the world."
Scope out spectacular sites... "Holy toots!
Do you see that?"
Find plenty of drama.... "Oh God...uuhh..." And meet people working today to build a brighter tomorrow.
"Punch it!"
"They have the power!"
As a scientist, it's the biggest experiment I've ever done.
"We've never done this before.
Can you tell?"
"Is it charging?
What's it say?"
"230 hours."
"Right."
I might change the plan drastically today.
I set out to find the science of it all.
What I found was so much more.
<6(Upbeat, energetic music)<6 I'm actually a little bit scared.
"Ow."
It's Sophie's Great American Electric Road Trip!
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