Electric cars have one major drawback: Who wants tostop to charge upwhile on a long road trip?
But it wasn’t due to the hybrid SUV itself – it was due to the road.
The ride took 56 drivers, one of whom wasIsraeli racing driver Bar Baruch.
The result set a world record for the longest time and distance ever driven by a passenger EV.
The RAV4 Prime has an EPA-estimated electric-only range of 42 miles, according to Toyota.
Its 18kWh battery was never depleted, and was continually charged by the electric road.
A similar project is plannedfor Utah, where the company has already successfully installed a164-foot-long test track.
