With A Road Trip From India, Engineer Reached UK In Solar Powered Tuk-Tuk

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It is said that if you have the determination, nothing can stop you. And Naveen Rabelli, a 35 year old engineer from India, and currently an Australian citizen while working as an automotive engineer there he had the determination to reach to his destination. He set off from India in February, reached Dover five days later than expected because of the theft of his passport and wallet in France. Rabelli and his solar-powered Tuk-Tuk at the end of the seven 6,200-mile extra-ordinary adventure arrived in Britain after the mishap.

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“It was fantastic up until I got to Paris where from there I got some things stolen and two battery packs died. The highlights have been the way people have helped me out along the way and supported me. People love the Tuk-Tuk, particularly in Iran and many other countries. They come forward and take selfies. And the moment I tell them it doesn’t require petrol, their minds are blown,” he said after obtaining an emergency passport and crossing the Channel from Calais.

His Tuk-Tuk s kitted it out with comfort of a bed, a seat for a co-passenger, a cupboard with food donated by people, and a solar-powered cooker. The British border officers made sure that his vehicle is checked properly, as he had posted pictures besides his Tuk-Tuk. He said that because he had been travelling for seven months and had an emergency passport, I had to take everything out,” he said.

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To raise an awareness of electric and solar-powered vehicles as a sustainable low-cost alternative mode of transport, Naveen started this adventure. He said that people were amaze when they would get to know that the Tuk-Tuk does not require petrol. He added that the idea of making the converting a fuel-based Tuk-Tuk to renewable energy came when he and his friend, both were stuck into the noisy and polluted traffic in India.

Before his Tuk-Tuk was shipped to Bandar Abbas in Iran, he started his trip in India. His long yet unique adventure then began in earnest; he drove his Tuk-Tuk through Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and France.

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But he had to adjust with his necessities and requirements by living in his Tuk-Tuk, bathing in the rivers, lakes, police station and depending on the handouts for food. He described his worst moment when he had to travel in the mountains in Turkey in hailstones on a narrow road with a sideways incline.

Rabelli says his goal is to create awareness of the potential for solar-powered passenger vehicles in Asian and European countries, presenting an Indian solution to the world.

News Source: The Guardian

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