“There’s no real infrastructure for charging in the middle of Patagonia, for instance,” says Ewan, who goes on to describe camping in people’s backyards and plugging in overnight, occasionally blowing their host’s fuses while charging the Harleys’ greedy 15.5kWh Lithium-ion batteries, which can take over 12 hours to fully energize using 120 V household current. And while they could sometimes charge the bikes at hotels, and restaurants during lunch stops, many times they had to rely on the generosity of locals, knocking on doors and asking to use an outlet. “It proved to be amazing, and quite tricky at the same time,” he says of charging the e-bikes along the way. Ewan McGregor spotted in Ushuaia, Argentina riding the Harley-Davidson LiveWire during filming of the Long Way Up. The pair had just completed a three-months-long journey from Tierra del Fuego, the subject of their latest overland adventure documentary, Long Way Up.Īnd then, crickets…at least until last Friday when Jimmy Fallon asked McGregor about his experience in South America during an appearance on The Tonight Show.Ī newly clean-shaven McGregor lights up remembering the ride, explaining that he and Boorman chose to go with electric Harley-Davidsons instead of traditional adventure bikes simply because they wanted to be a part of the new “wave” of transportation technology. He added: “You hear people on television, like racing commentators and people who should know better, pooh-poohing electric bikes.The last time we checked in with Ewan McGregor was back in December when he and Charley Boorman arrived in Los Angeles looking blissfully road worn, riding a couple of Harley-Davidson electric LiveWires.
I just would tell people to go and try one.” People are resistant to it,” said McGregor. Read more: McGregor teases plot for Obi-Wan Kenobi series The big change this time around is that the duo embarked on their 13,000-mile trip on prototype electric Harley-Davidson bikes - a move that will likely be divisive among bike purists. He has reunited with Boorman for another marathon ride in Apple TV+ series Long Way Up, 13 years after their last collaboration in 2007’s Long Way Down. The 49-year-old star told Yahoo Movies UK his documentaries with close friend Charley Boorman are not “so bike-centric” and appeal even to people who “don't know anything about bikes and don't care”. Ewan McGregor is not expecting backlash from fans of his motorbike adventure shows over the use of electric bikes in new series Long Way Up.
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