Lucid Air nabs Guinness World Record for longest distance traveled by an EV on a single charge

Lucid Air nabs Guinness World Record for longest distance traveled by an EV on a single charge [Video]

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The distance between St. Moriz and Munich is only 300 km. If they drove 1200+ km, what route did they go? Average speed, duration? Total energy usage? Sadly this report is lacking relevant details.
- They spent a really, really long time circling a roundabout
Fact: anyone can buy a Guinness World Record, and no one can have one without paying. 🤌🏼
source: I was on the leadership team of a charity that smoked the current "record" holder for the relevant activity by an enormous margin, but GWRL wanted to charge us $15k +$5k/sponsor of said charity event that, at the time, had more than 75 sponsors.(mostly product donors, but also volunteers, etc) FWIW, we still hold the record.
the Lucid Air Grand Touring traveled from St. Moritz, Switzerland, to Munich, Germany on a single charge, traversing 1,205 km, or 749 miles.
No mention of the battery size or the average speed maintained over that distance.
- Apparently it has a
  WLTP-tested range between 817 and 960 km
  So it's safe to assume they went reaaaly slow
  
  And it was mostly downhill.

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