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Mercedes and Andy Lilienthal are a wife and husband team who competed in the 2024 Baltic Sea Circle driving the new Volkswagen ID. Buzz. They drove the sixteen-day, 7,500 kilometer, 4,771 mile journey as the first team to compete in an EV outside the EU and the only EV team this year. The event is the northernmost rally in the world covering nine countries around the Baltic Sea. Their journey included wild camping and daily rally challenges without the use of GPS, using only paper maps. They raised money for the Jessi Combs Foundation as their charity of choice. You’ll remember these two from show #2462 last January when they competed in the 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally driving the new INEOS Grenadier.
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INSPIRATION
To take on a new rally adventure over multiple countries.
CHALLENGE
Competing in this rally in an EV created many charging challenges. Crossing multiple countries with a wide variety of requirements of how to pay for an EV charge required a lot of planning. They were often thwarted by chargers and payment methods (apps) that didn’t work.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE
The VW ID. Buzz, which was fantastic to travel in and camp in as well.
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
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