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Riding an Electric Adventure Bike Around Australia — Ed Darmanin Tackles the "Big Lap" on an Energica Experia

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— THE BIG LAP: ED DARMANIN SETS OUT TO CIRCUMNAVIG

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Rider Ed Darmanin is taking on a lap around mainland Australia — the "Big Lap" — aboard the electric adventure bike Energica Experia. Touring the vast continent on an electric motorcycle, the journey puts the reality of charging infrastructure and the potential of electric touring to the test. It's drawing attention as a trial of what an electric bike can really achieve over long distances.

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Ao Azuma

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Testing electric on the harshest possible long-distance route — this is a challenge aimed at gathering data, not emotion. Australia's vastness ruthlessly exposes any hole in the charging network. How the Experia's range and charging strategy reconcile with reality. Success or failure, whatever's learned is valuable for the future of electric touring.