Off the Grid: My Ride from Louisiana to the Panama Canal in an Electric Car Contributor(s): Denmon, Randy (Author), Motavalli, Jim (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1510717390 ISBN-13: 9781510717398 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Central America - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers |
Dewey: 910.4 |
LCCN: 2017001254 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |