An epic 10,000 mile EV road trip to Shanghai
Travelling the Silk Road in an electric drop-top sports car.
British adventurers, Ross and Hugo Turner, have embarked on a unique seven-month journey from London to Shanghai, that will see them reinvent the Silk Road for the 21st century by travelling 10,000 miles across continents in an electric car.
The Devon-born twins, whose expeditions include rowing across the Atlantic Ocean and traversing Greenland’s Ice Cap, are undertaking the mammoth range anxiety-inducing road trip in MG’s newly unveiled all electric Cyberster, a sports car that accelerates to 0-60mph in about 3 seconds.
This ultimate test drive of the world’s first EV roadster marks MG’s centenary year in 2024 and will see the brothers tour the UK on a route that includes visiting MG’s birthplace in Oxford, before departing for European leg of the journey that will see them cross France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Spain, and Italy.
The New Year will see the brothers reunited with the car in the Middle East to travel through Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Beijing en route to Shanghai.
An exciting new chapter for MG has begun with the announcement that their much anticipated all-electric sports car, MG Cyberster, will be going into production and is expected to arrive in the UK in summer 2024.
MG Cyberster
Meet the Twins
Hugo Turner and Ross Turner, better known as The Turner Twins, are British adventurers best known for their pioneering expeditions.
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Born 8 minutes later as the youngest twin, Hugo narrowly missed paralysis in 2007 after breaking his neck in a diving accident. In the mix of emotions that followed came a drive to follow their passion for exploration. Ross and Hugo have since gone on to complete many expeditions which include rowing the Atlantic Ocean, attempting to cross the Greenland ice cap, climbing Mt Elbrus and reaching several of the world’s continental poles of inaccessibility.
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Ross is the eldest of the two twins, born 8 minutes before his brother. The twins were born in Exeter and spent their childhood near the beautiful Christow in Devon, where they experienced the great outdoors and developed their passion for adventure and challenge. Ross and Hugo both graduated with degrees in industrial design and technology from Loughborough University in 2011.