
The hybrid car rose to a height of 6002.33 meters above sea level
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Freelander 8 reached a height of 6,002.33 meters, breaking the previous record of BYD's Fang Cheng Bao Bao 5.
The Freelander 8 SUV entered the Guinness Book of Records, rising to a height of 6002.33 meters above sea level in the mountains of Tibet. CarNewsChina writes about this.
The almost three-ton hybrid car with a monocoque body covered 1.48 kilometers on loose rocky soil with a height difference of 200 meters. The ascent took place on August 22, but the record achievement became known at the presentation of the model, which took place on September 3. The new figure is 22.28 meters higher than the previous result of BYD Fang Cheng Bao Bao 5, set in July 2024 at an altitude of 5980.05 meters.
The Freelander 8 power plant is built according to a hybrid design with a one and a half liter turbo engine operating as a generator and two electric motors. The engine retained about 80 percent of its rated power even in thin air conditions at an altitude of more than six kilometers, where atmospheric pressure drops to 47.2 kilopascals and the partial pressure of oxygen drops to more than half compared to sea level.
Freelander is a joint brand between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover. The Freelander 8 SUV became the debut model of the company, in the creation of which technology partners Huawei, CATL and Qualcomm participated.

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