Zero Race

The Zero Emissions Race was a fun and thrilling event, where three 100% electric vehicles running on renewable energies drove around the world in a record breaking 80 days! The mission was to prove that electric cars are efficient and reliable, and able to circumnavigate the planet across deserts and mountains, and through variable road and weather conditions.

This project was completed on February 28th, 2011, and the participating teams have successfully driven 28000 kms across Europe, Asia and North America and Africa.

The ZERO RACE is the longest and hardest electric car race ever, and it is helping electric cars make world history! The event shows that zero emission vehicles running on renewable energies are technologies for the future that are ready, and reliable already today. With shrinking resources and the impacts of global warming, the ZERO RACE strives to present solutions for a more sustainable future.

Visit the project’s website at www.zero-race.com


Grimsel Prologue: 36 electric cars joined us for the Grimsel Race


Start at the United Nations Palace in Geneva


Press event with the German Environment Minister in Berlin


Rain, rain, rain in the Ukraine


A break for a drink, in the Western Ukraine


Scary encounters on a Russian highway


Warm welcome in Siberia


Lenin is watching


Entering Kazakhstan on a fantastic highway


Happy teams in Astana, Kazakhstan


Following the silk road in China


Charging the vehicles in China is easy


Across the Gobi desert


After exactly 46 days we have reached Shanghai. Now we'll take the boat to...


Vancouver!


In San Francisco


Lonely and boring Texas


The police has stopped Sven out of curiosity

Police escort in Mexico

Reaching Cancun on time after 71 days of driving for the World Climate Change Conference of United Nations.

From Casablanca (Morocco) back to Geneva we have 9 days left


We made it - after 28000 km we finished the first world circumnavigation with electric cars in 80 days!