Published on February 5th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
February 5th, 2019 by Zachary Shahan
Just after publishing Maarten’s superb article on the electric vehicle explosion coming to Europe in 2019, I got word of the Glovis Captain arriving into Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. I threw some tweets about this into the bottom of Maarten’s article, but given how long Europeans have patiently waited for their Model 3s, it seemed the news deserved its own headline.
Many thanks to @EcoHeliGuy & @MacGyver_BE for tracking the #GlovisCaptain since it left SF.
This has been an epic journey!
🚢🚗🔋⚡️🤖🇺🇸🇪🇺😄👍🏻
Now let all those @Tesla Model 3 hit European roads!!!#EV #RoboCars#DisruptionIsNow#MostImportantCarEverhttps://t.co/yYvWhphKRT pic.twitter.com/JAwi8rxH30
— TeslaStars (@TeslaStars) February 5, 2019
There’s not much more to add at this point. Tens or hundreds of thousands of Tesla buyers must be salivating at the thought of their cars hitting the docks. For now, the first few thousand of them apparently have. Here are some tweets on the matter:
#GlovisCaptain is now off the coast of Calais, France. Arrival at this speed in Zeebrugge in 5 hours.
The blob of green/red dots are all ships waiting to enter the Port of Zeebrugge or Antwerp.
Further to the right, the rectangle of blue dots are offshore windfarm markers. pic.twitter.com/d23G85A9Uh— MacGyver (@MacGyver_BE) February 4, 2019
Precious #Tesla Model 3 cargo on the #GlovisCaptain now about to navigate the world’s busiest and most congested shipping lanes – the Dover Straits between England and France. Everyone breath in! $TSLA
(about 150km from Zeebrugge) pic.twitter.com/HZDRBdjMiY
— EV News Daily ⚡️ (@EVNewsDaily) February 4, 2019
The Glovis Captain has arrived. The Harbour pilot boarded a short time ago and they are entering the Port of Zeebrugge shortly. $TSLA #Tesla #Model3 pic.twitter.com/E098mrhrhn
— Walter MacVane (@EcoHeliGuy) February 5, 2019
About to accelera a lot.https://t.co/hXLDM3l2t3
— Rob Dickinson (@Rjdlandscapes) February 5, 2019
#GlovisCaptain on his way to dock 510 pic.twitter.com/TI69amSxay
— Kristof Lambrecht (@Kristof_1978) February 5, 2019
pic.twitter.com/9H0zXWyAIK
— Ulric Dabe (@UlricDabe) February 5, 2019
Welcome #GlovisCaptain. First batcht of model 3 has arrived in Europe pic.twitter.com/8AHLy0DMgr
— Kristof Lambrecht (@Kristof_1978) February 5, 2019
Arrival first 1.000 @Tesla @Model3Owners in Europe. Start of a new era in Europe. We have to get rid of oil and gasoline cars! pic.twitter.com/PpXwSvHrCM
— MisterGreen EV (@MisterGreenEV) February 5, 2019
#GlovisCaptain carrying a few thousand model 3 for some very anxious European customers, me included pic.twitter.com/Ekq4LcUE5N
— Kristof Lambrecht (@Kristof_1978) February 5, 2019
And it will be around 2800 cars, not 5000…
— Eduard Grünwald (@EduardGrnwald) February 4, 2019
Glovis Love Captain. Touching ground (not litterally no) #Model3 pic.twitter.com/Rw2cyKqaga
— Alain Veuve (@alainveuve) February 5, 2019
About the Author
Zachary Shahan Zach is tryin’ to help society help itself (and other species). He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director and chief editor. He’s also the president of Important Media and the director/founder of EV Obsession and Solar Love. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada. Zach has long-term investments in TSLA, FSLR, SPWR, SEDG, & ABB — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in these particular companies and feels like they are good cleantech companies to invest in. But he offers no professional investment advice and would rather not be responsible for you losing money, so don’t jump to conclusions.
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