Off the Grid
by Randy Denmon, Jim Motavalli (Foreword by)
ISBN-10: 1510717390
ISBN-13: 9781510717398
$22.99
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Skyhorse
Published on
Apr 4, 2017
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.00x1.10x9.00 Inches
Weight
1.05 Pounds
About the Book
The rollicking tale of a first-of-its-kind adventure--driving a Tesla through Central America.
Only a week after the nation's newspapers were filled with headlines of the first cross-country trip in an electric car, two Louisianans slip quietly across the Rio Grande in south Texas in an attempt to do the unthinkable--drive a factory electric car across seven Third World countries to the "end of the road," Panama City, Panama.
Without support and armed only with a toolbox, a bag of electrical adapters, and their wits, author Randy Denmon and his friend Dean trudge on through jungles, deserts, volcanoes, rivers, and crater-sized potholes, all the while trying to avoid the drug cartels and corrupt border guards that could mean a quick end to their adventure . . . and their lives. Through it all, the same enormous problem loomed daily: how to charge the car in such a primitive and desolate setting?
Despite the numerous setbacks, Randy never lost his sense of humor. Off the Grid is as much a spiritual journey as a physical one about two guys who dropped everything for one grand twenty-first-century adventure--traveling back in time in a car that seemed to come from the future.