Electric cars from four countries are participating in the Zero Race adventure. 
Not quite Indy, or the Dakar Rally across Africa, the Zero Race has these four teams competing across the globe. The race must be completed in 80 days, and the kicker is this is not a race about speed. This is a race to make the planet greener and a better place to live for future generations. This is a race to make small, efficient vehicles popular. The team with the smartest, most efficient, most reliable, most usable and most popular concept will be the winner. The four vehicles really don’t look like cars; in fact, two of the vehicles are scooters while the other two are custom sedans designed for efficiency. The vehicles run on solar and wind. The four teams on Monday departed Geneva, heading across Switzerland with planned stops in Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and Shanghai. From there, the cars will be shipped by boat to Vancouver, and from there they’ll cross North America to eventually end up in Cancun, Mexico, in time for the United Nations Climate Conference. The cars will then be shipped to Portugal, where they will complete the final leg and end up in Geneva next January, having covered 18,000 miles. Race organizers will invest in renewable energy projects to offset the emissions associated with the shipping. The four countries that have entered the race are Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, and Australia. The U.S. did not enter a vehicle. All of the teams have corporate sponsors. The first person to circumnavigate the world in a solar car was Louis Palmer, the race organizer.
Photo: Start of the Zero Race in Geneva Photo Credit: Zero Race
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