![]() ![]() With a mere 235-mile (378 km) stretch covered and a freezing cold night, the enormity of the challenge ahead is brought home to all. The production team, also getting acquainted with their vehicles, run out of charge with ten miles to go and resort to tow-charging the R1Ts. The pair find refuge at Estancia Caleta Josefina, which although still closed for the winter, welcomes them with open arms. When this fails, they attempt to charge from sockets at the reserve’s research station, but with a low current, the motorbikes fail to take a charge making the onward journey to the ferry at Porvenir look doubtful. Ever present, range anxiety resurfaces and they plan to charge from a support vehicle that has solar panels. The team decide to wait until a new component arrives holding up the start of the three month trek by three days.ĭuring the initial leg, Charley and Ewan make the first of many border crossings in and out of Chile and detour down Ruta Y-85 to Pinguino Rey Natural Reserve on Inútil Bay, to see the only colony of King penguins in South America. The Harley's ability to use level 1 AC charging is a concern as the level 3 DC fast-charging equipment is too cumbersome for the duo to carry on the motorbikes. ![]() On arrival in Tierra del Fuego the team are met with heavy snow as it is still winter in the southern hemisphere. Rivian agree to supply two hand-built pre-production R1T pick-up trucks and install 150 fast chargers along the 13,000-mile (21,000 km) route to keep both them and the electric motorbikes charged. Although designed as a street bike, the team work with the Harley engineers to adapt the design for dual purpose use, receiving the prototypes ten weeks before departure.īoth Charley and Ewan want to offset their carbon footprint for the journey which necessitates using BEVs as support vehicles for the production team and equipment. After recovering, he tests an all-electric Harley-Davidson Livewire. After discovering that range of even the best off-road electric motorbike is limited to a 72-mile (116 km) maximum, doubts start to creep in as they want to travel a 150-mile (240 km) distance per day, but this would entail a lengthy charging session, placing the entire fourteen week schedule in jeopardy.ĭuring the planning stage, Charley has a serious motorcycle accident, raising concerns with the rest of the team. Having tested an electric road bike, Charley and Ewan are satisfied they have made the correct choice and that electric motors represent the future. Episode 1: "Preparation" Įight months prior to the intended start date of 1 September 2019, the team reunite to map out the route, revealing that they plan to use electric motorbikes for this series. ![]() The series follows Ewan and Charley as they journey through Latin America including the countries of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and up through Colombia, Central America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala - and Mexico, before entering the United States and finishing in California. They were supported by diesel powered vehicles and generators. Trucks and motorcycles were charged at charging points built especially for the journey by Rivian. The production team followed Ewan and Charley's route in prototype Rivian electric pick-up trucks built especially for the journey. Joining for the first time were associate producer Taylor Estevez and cinematographer Anthony Von Seck. Īccompanying Ewan and Charley were the same key team members from Long Way Round and Long Way Down, including director/producers David Alexanian and Russ Malkin and directors of photography Jimmy Simak and Claudio Von Planta. The journey covered a 13,000-mile (21,000 km) route, through 13 countries, over 100 days, starting on 5 September 2019 and finishing on 14 December 2019, using prototype Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles that had been converted into adventure bikes. The first three episodes of Long Way Up premiered globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, 18 September 2020, and eight further episodes aired weekly through to 13 November 2020. It is a follow-up to 2004's Long Way Round where the pair rode from London to New York, and to 2007's Long Way Down, when they rode from John o' Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa. Long Way Up is a British television series which debuted on 18 September 2020, documenting a motorcycle journey undertaken in 2019 by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, from Ushuaia in Argentina through South and Central America to Los Angeles in the United States. ![]()
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