Ford's new electric car and adventurer Lexie Limitless 始める，決める a world 記録，記録的な／記録する by circumnavigating the globe

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After six months, Ford's 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 Around the Globe challenge is 完全にする, with the all-new electric Ford Explorer - which arrives in the UK later this year starting from £46,000 - and Lexie Limitless setting a new world 記録，記録的な／記録する.

The 運動, which took half a year, covered six continents and 27 countries to 陳列する，発揮する the globe-trotting 能力s of 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd cars.

We 長，率いるd to the finish line in Nice to 設立する out about the 旅行 and the new Explorer.

Adventurer Lexie Limitless (Lexie Alford) - pictured 権利 - became the first person to circumnavigate the world in an electric 乗り物 with Ford's all-new Explorer SUV. The world 記録，記録的な／記録する was 始める，決める in Nice on 26 March 2024, with Ford's managing director, Jim Farley (left) 迎える／歓迎するing Lexie at the finish line. The Ford Explorer 公式に went on sale as soon as the 記録，記録的な／記録する was 完全にする

Lexie's world 記録，記録的な／記録する-setting circumnavigation in an EV

On the 26 March, in her 原型 Ford Explorer SUV, 26-year-old Lexie Alford (Lexie Limitless on social マスコミ) became the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an electric 乗り物 (EV).

Lexie's 旅行 was a reimagining of Aloha Wanderwell's - a truly 開拓するing 早期に 20th century adventurer.?

Aloha was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in a car, and she did it in a Ford Model T.

告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 Around the Globe brought 'the world's ultimate 実験（する） 運動' of today together with an 巨大な road trip of history. And it celebrated the Ford Explorer SUV going on sale ? with pricing and specs now 解放（する）d.

The （選挙などの）運動をする saw over 30,000km (approx 18,640 miles) driven, 27 countries covered, and six continents crossed.?

旅行ing on electric 力／強力にする alone, it put electric 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造 - or 欠如（する） thereof - to the 実験（する） on a 世界的な 行う／開催する／段階.

Within RecordSetter parameters (this was the world 記録，記録的な／記録する-setting 肩書を与える of choice), the 大勝する w as 選ぶd with several factors in mind: the availability of chargers; safety 関心s; taking an EV to landscapes and communities with 開拓するing spirit; and crucially visiting parts of the world Aloha went on her 初期の 探検隊／遠征隊.

The 旅行 was an reimagining of true 開拓するing adventurer Aloha Wanderwell who became the first woman to 運動 around the world in a car. She drove a Ford Model T 支援する in the 早期に 1900s?

The world 記録，記録的な／記録する was 目的（とする）d to 最高潮の場面 the 能力s of 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造 all over the globe - with everything from solar パネル盤s and 殴打／砲列 packs to plug sockets in homes used

This is the first world 記録，記録的な／記録する for the electric Ford Explorer but the second for Lexie.??

At the tender ago of 21, she broke the world 記録，記録的な／記録する for the youngest person to visit ever country in the world 単独の.

When Ford （機の）カム calling, it was the natural next adventurous step for Lexie: 'I've always loved a good road trip - anything that can get you to unique places is something I've always felt really 熱烈な about,' she told This is Money.

'There's something very 冷静な／正味の about 存在 able to see countries from the ground level. On this trip, I got to go to so many countries that it's unusual to 運動 through.?

'It's a whole different 視野 of these places when you're seeing them from the ground, rather than just 飛行機で行くing over.'

The start and finish line was Nice, フラン, where the Explorer crossed the line 側面に位置するd by a 軍用車隊 of some of Ford's greatest 攻撃する，衝突するs. It was a demonstration of the 進歩／革新的な spirit of Ford's past and an 承認 of how Ford's history will 形態／調整 its new 近づいている EVs

A 陳列する，発揮する of EV 能力s

For Ford, the challenge was the perfect way to 論証する the versatility and 能力 of its new EV - in amongst a homeco ming 軍用車隊 of Ford's greatest 乗り物s.

'Lexie's 旅行 has been the ultimate 実験（する） 運動 for our new Ford Explorer, taking on every 肉親，親類d of 天候 and road 条件, and 取引，協定ing with just about every 非難する シナリオ,' said ツバメ やすりを削る人／削る機械, general 経営者／支配人, Ford Model e Europe.

Lexie's pre-生産／産物 乗り物 used a variety of 非難する 解答s from 2.2kW AC 塀で囲む 出口s (a 基準 electricity 塀で囲む socket) to DC 急速な／放蕩な chargers (public chargers you'll see at supermarkets or car parks) and portable 殴打／砲列 packs.

These challenges have been 文書d across YouTube and social マスコミ by both Ford and Lexie, with a 文書の 始める，決める to be 解放（する）d in the 遠くない将来.

With the 大勝する starting and ending in Nice, the Explorer went across Europe (フラン, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, Georgia), Asia (India, Bhutan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia), Australia, Africa (South Africa and Zimbabwe), South America (Chile, Argentina) and North America (USA).?

Lexie Limitless broke the world 記録，記録的な／記録する for 存在 the youngest person to travel to every country in the world 単独の by the time she was 21. Now, her adventurous spirit and Ford's American 遺産 have 連合させるd to 始める，決める a new world 記録，記録的な／記録する - circumnavigating the world in an EV

告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 around the Globe saw 6 continents driven, 27 countries visited and six months on the 'road'. Called the 'ultimate 実験（する） 運動' the 原型 Explorer went across challenging 地形s with no 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造 in sight

Lexie told us that the hardest country to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 in was Zimbabwe.

She explained: 'There were no chargers […] and they've not 可決する・採択するd EVs yet.?And with 負担 shedding on 最高の，を越す of it, and 普及した electricity outages, it definitely made it really tricky.

'I ended up doing a lot of 国内の 非難する, which would （問題を）取り上げる to 30 or 40 hours to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金. So, it definitely felt like I was はうing through the country at that point.'

Many of the 非難する problems experienced ? such as using solar パネル盤s in the middle of the Chile ? aren't everyday 問題／発行するs most people in 居住させるd countries will 直面する in EVs, certainly not the UK, where first 配達／演説／出産s are of Explorer are 予定 to arrive in September.?

The 運動 目的（とする）d to help 鎮圧する 範囲 苦悩 and show the extent to the world's 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造 in countries where EV 採択 is high on the 協議事項.

For Lexie, the biggest takeaway from her cross-continent 非難する experience is planning. 'With EVs you do have to just 計画（する） in 前進する where you want to go and where the next charger is going to be. But there's always a 解答'

'There's been a lot of places that did surprise me with how much 組織／基盤／下部構造 was there', Lexie said.?

'Places like Bhutan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam ? there are so many chargers around there.'

For Lexie, the biggest takeaway from her cross-continent 非難する experience is planning.

'With EVs you do have to just 計画（する） in 前進する where you want to go and where the next charger is going to be. But there's always a 解答.

'If I could make it around the whole world in an EV, you could definitely make it pretty far in Europe'.

Aloha Wanderwell, who was born Idris Galcia Hall,?was the first woman to 運動 around the world, visiting 43 countries in a Ford Model-T when she was still a 十代の少年少女

Aloha Wanderwell ? Ford Model T - the first woman to 運動 around the world in a car

Ford's history started in 1903. In 1908 the Model T was introduced to the world.?

Some 14 years later, a 16-year-old Canadian 十代の少年少女 called?Aloha Wanderwell answered an advert for 'Brains, Beauty and Breeches - World 小旅行する 申し込む／申し出 For Lucky Young Woman… 手配中の，お尋ね者 to join an 探検隊／遠征隊!'

Accounts 変化させる of the exact mileage and countries travelled, but across a seven-year period, Aloha travelled 75,000 across 43 countries,?undertaken during a period when the world had 抱擁する danger ? across 戦場s, through 共産主義, food 暴動s and 国粋主義者／ファシスト党員s ? 同様に as grueling geographical 地形.

Adapting was the 指名する of the game; kerosene 取って代わるd ガソリン, 鎮圧するd 気が狂って 取って代わるd grease. The Model T was chosen because of its 広範囲にわたる 売買業者 網状組織, which Aloha referred to as 'the only 全世界の spare parts service'.

During the 探検隊／遠征隊, Aloha went on to become videographer, editor, photographer, driver, salesperson, mechanic, interpreter (to 指名する a few), and to marry Captain Wanderwell - the 探検隊／遠征隊's leader who 初めは placed the advert.

She was just 16 when, in 1922, she answered a newspaper advert asking for 'Brains, Beauty and Breeches - World 小旅行する 申し込む／申し出 For Lucky Young Woman… 手配中の，お尋ね者 to join an 探検隊／遠征隊!' The advert had been placed by ポーランドの（人） adventurer and inventor Captain Walter Wanderwell (left). Above: The pair together

Aloha saw Captain Wanderwell's newspaper advert when she was living in フラン with her mother. She 適用するd for a position as 長官 and driver for the ambitious 探検隊／遠征隊

Upon 完成 of her around-the-world challenge, Aloha and her husband became famous as 国祭的な acclaimed explorers after the 解放（する） of their 文書の With Car And Camera Around the World. Aloha was the 向こうずねing 星／主役にする of the 'Wanderwell 探検隊／遠征隊'.

She spent the 残り／休憩（する） of her life 調査するing and filmmaking, 伸び（る）ing the 愛称 'the 女性（の） Indiana Jones'.??

Stories like Aloha's are a goldmine to have in your 古記録s, so no wonder the PR 予算 was 明確に go big or go home.?

And Ford are known for bold （選挙などの）運動をするs - think Very Gay Raptor or Park the Car - and this was a real 十分な circle moment for the company.?

Ford supported Aloha and 始める，決める a 記録，記録的な／記録する. Now they've worked with Lexie to 始める，決める another world 自動推進の first at another junction of car history - the change to electric 運動ing.?

Ford has been known for its bold （選挙などの）運動をするs in 最近の years. In 2022 it showcased its allyship with the LGBTQ+ community at the Goodwood Festival of 速度(を上げる） with this, the 'Very Gay Raptor'. It appeared at the popular event to 'その上の 始める important discussions and 目的（とする）d at 運動ing out 差別 in the 自動推進の 産業, and beyond'

Also in 2022, Ford 開始する，打ち上げるd its ‘Park the Car’ 率先 - probably the last thing many people would 推定する／予想する from a 乗り物 製造者. Ford said it was about 'caring for our 環境 and our health ? and walking or cycling once a day, active travel, can bring about 重要な change'

Aloha became the 星／主役にする of what became known as the Wanderwell 探検隊／遠征隊. It was very important to Lexie to honour her: 'Aloha was very before her time. What she did and what she 与える／捧げるd to the world of explor ation was definitely something to aspire to,' Lexie told us

It was 特に important to Ford and Lexie to do Aloha 司法（官）, she told us.

'Aloha?was very before her time. What she did and what she 与える／捧げるd to the world of 探検 was definitely something to aspire to.

'A hundred years ago, the world was a very different place, 特に for women. So it makes what she's done even more incredible. And it's been an honour to do this 旅行 that was so 奮起させるd by her.'

World 記録，記録的な／記録する-setting wheels - the Ford Explorer?

The Ford Explorer is now on sale and 現在／一般に starts from?£45,875 in the U K. The longest-範囲 選択 is the 77kWh 殴打／砲列 variant which manages 374 miles on a 選び出す／独身 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and can ultra-早い 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 from 10-80 per cent in 28 minutes

In late 2024 a 基準-範囲 見解／翻訳／版 will 攻撃する，衝突する the market at a lower price point - just shy of £40k. Ford's entire 乗客 car offerings will be all-electric by 2030, with 商業の 乗り物s to follow by 2035

The moment Lexi crossed the finish line order 調書をとる／予約するs opened and the Ford Explorer 公式に went on sale.

The Explorer is said to be the '向こうずねing 星／主役にする' of Ford's new electric line-up によれば Amko Leenarts, Design Director of Ford Europe.

Costing from £45,875 in the UK, you can choose between 後部 and all-wheel-運動 見解／翻訳／版s (Lexie's was all-wheel-運動), with th e 延長するd-範囲 model 利用できる to order now.

The 延長するd 範囲 RWD 77kWh Explorer manages 374 miles on a 選び出す／独身 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and can 最高の，を越す up 10 to 80 per cent in 28 minutes. Max 非難する 速度(を上げる） is 135kW.

An AWD 79kWh 殴打／砲列 選択 is also 利用できる, which has 329 miles of 範囲 and max 非難する of 185kW when 麻薬中毒の up to an ultra-早い charger.?The AWD Explorer can 牽引する up to 1,200kg too which is handy.?

And it 攻撃する，衝突するs 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds - so it's not slow for a big SUV.

The Explorer is the '向こうずねing 星／主役にする' of Ford' s new electric line-up によれば Amko Leenarts, Design Director of Ford Europe. It's 利用できる in five colours and three variants. The Explorer 開始する，打ち上げる is one of the biggest in Ford's history and 始める，決めるs the scene for the 遺産 会合，会うs futuristic design of Ford's 近づいている electric line-up?

A 選び出す／独身-モーター 基準-範囲 52kWh 後部-wheel-運動 model is に引き続いて late this year, and is 始める，決める to be the cheapest - Ford's 現在／一般に 予報するing £39,875.

Designed 'to be a friendly 直面する that everyone can 関係のある to', Amko and his design team are （疑いを）晴らす that The Explorer 論証するs Ford's 簡素化するd EV 目録 will have the 'American can do bold 態度'.?

'Every car will now have stories only Ford can tell', Amko says, making it （疑いを）晴らす that Ford will not be going the direction of some brands where every EV just looks the same.?

Our 乗客 ride in the Explorer - first thoughts

公式の／役人 実験（する） 運動s of Explorer are coming later in the year, but we managed to hop into one for a 乗客 ride to get a first feel for the car.

The higher ride position gives 広大な／多数の／重要な visibility, and the Explorer managed the hilly roads around Nice with low cabin noise and 静かな 慰安. Yet to be 実験（する）d at 広大な／多数の／重要な 速度(を上げる）, but it's 約束ing so far.?

実験（する） 運動s aren't 利用できる until late this summer, so until we can get behind the wheel we'll have to make do with a 乗客 ride to get first feels for the car. It's 極端に comfortable, spacious and light inside, with lots of clever 貯蔵 compartments

As a 乗客, it was superbly comfortable.?

The 内部の is made to feel like two 形態／調整s embracing you, and you really 利益 from this.

The cabin is light, airy and open and, of course, 数字表示式の.

Riding shotgun, the main draw is often the infotainment system and the Explorer comes with a 14.6-インチ central touchscreen (with Android 自動車 and Apple CarPlay of course) as 基準.?

The 審査する is an 産業 first too - it's a moveable 陳列する，発揮する that means you can position to 株 content in to others inside - 含むing one that's いっそう少なく distracting for the driver.?

But it's what's behind the 審査する that's most important - a 安全な locker where you can hide your 所持品 out of sight. Just slide the 審査する 支援する 負かす／撃墜する and your 価値のあるs are tucked away - and locked.?

The 審査する is an 産業 first: It's moveable, 明らかにする／漏らすing a hidden 安全な locker behind where you can keep your 価値のあるs - perfect for on-the-go adventurers

There's a 'MegaConsole' 貯蔵 space 部隊 for 非，不，無-価値のあるs too with 17 litres of space. You can easily 押す a large handbag, a laptop or 多重の 1.5-litre 瓶／封じ込めるs of water (useful if you're setting a world 記録，記録的な／記録する across 運動ing across 砂漠s).?

This 付加 cubby space in the cabin also helps （不足などを）補う for the わずかに disappointing 450-litre boot capacity, which is 類似の with a BMW 3 Series saloon.?

Other 基準 perks 含む a heated steering wheel and 前線 seats (Lexie's favourite feature), a massaging driver's seat and wireless 非難する.

運動ing review を待つs, but for now the Explorer has had a pre-開始する，打ち上げる that's hard to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域.