Around the World in Electric Cars Trip

AROUND THE WORLD IN ELECTRIC CARS

80edays ZERO

The 80edays 2020 – ZERO – another chapter of the history making endurance test for the EV technology and the drivers is about to start again. 20 international teams rallying for supremacy across 20.000 miles, 20 countries, and 3 continents trying to finish in Barcelona in 80 days without burning a drop of gas. The teams will share their EV experiences sending a strong message to the industry  that sustainable technology is the future.

Register for the next episode of 80edays 100% Electric Vehicle challenge with zero emission transport only! Represent your nation and travel around the world without leaving a carbon footprint behind at ZERO!

Top Skills

Organization Team

Let us introduce you the precious 80edays core team
making this international project possible.
We are all putting our heart in this project believing to help the world accelerating towards a sustainable future.

Rafael
de Mestre
INITIATOR

Roberta Mengheres
ORGANIZATION

Andrei
Moroianu
LEGAL ADVISOR

Dan
Constantinescu
ART DIRECTOR

Camelia
Cecile Rusu
PUBLIC RELATIONS

Luc
Perraudin
SPONSORING

Werner
Hillebrand
Hansen
EVENT COORDINATION

Peter Paul
Keizer-Pecqueur
MARKETING

Maria-Letitia Chiculita
TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING

Bernard Bello
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Elisabet Pérez
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS

SUPPORT

Partners

100% electric cars

Rules

Only 100% electric cars are allowed to participate.
Traffic rules have to be followed.
Night driving is not recommended especially
not in Kazakhstan (bad roads).
No towing or transporting of the car in the direction of the aim is allowed, backward transportation in case of a technical problem is permitted.
In Category I – IV the vehicle has to drive itself the whole way on it’s own wheels.
Every 80edays tree has to be visited and a picture of the team beside of the tree has to be uploaded to the 80edays website.
Every team will get points for joining events and sympathy points from the audience.
Sponsors are welcome to award teams at the finish line.
Driving home is not allowed during the whole time of the event for any team starting in class A.
Any kind of announcement of personal records done in the frame of 80edays is not allowed.

The slowest charger has always priority in case of meeting at a charge point.
Teams can ask the stewards for rule exceptions.
Exception example: A team is not able to catch up and asks to make a short cut skipping obligatory stops.
The stewards have to be asked for rule exceptions or breaches.

Rule breaches:
The stewards decide if a team will be disqualified.
The first rule breach leads to a warning and can cause that the team will get a time penalty.
The second breach causes a time penalty.
The third breach leads to disqualification.
Disqualified teams will be deleted from the GPS tracking list so that fans won’t be able to follow them.
They are not allowed to join any following 80edays event.

CATEGORY I

Standard

Standard 100% electric car – not modified. Two drivers per team.
A) Adventurer class: Both drivers have to be all 80 days together
with the car – transport over seas included.
B) Business class: One or both drivers can leave the car for transport overseas and go home (assumed driving time 30 days).

CATEGORY II

Autopilot

100% electric vehicle, shall drive 80% of the driven route by itself. Two drivers per team.
A) Adventurer class: Both drivers have to be all 80 days together with the car – transport over seas included.
B) Business class: One or both drivers can leave the car for transport overseas and go home (assumed driving time 30 days).

CATEGORY III

Converted

100% electric vehicle, can be converted or built from scratch. Has to have license plates and drive permits for all crossing countries. Two or more drivers per team.
A) Adventurer class: Both drivers have to be all 80 days together with the car – transport over seas included.
B) Business class: One or both drivers can leave the car for transport overseas and go home (assumed driving time 30 days).

CATEGORY IV

Multi

Standard 100% electric vehicle – not modified. Two or more drivers per team.
A) Not applicable.
B) Business class: In this category only business class is applicable. Drivers can change whenever they want.

CATEGORY V

Part

Standard 100% electric vehicle – not modified. Two or more drivers per team but not making the whole around the world but a part of it.
1) Europe crossing from Barcelona to the west coast
2) America crossing East – West
3) Asia crossing Guangzhou – Kiev
4) Europe crossing Kiev – Barcelona

Registration

SUPPORT

Crowd funding

Funding is warmly welcome, every merchandise you buy, every like you place, every video you watch in our channel helps. And if you participate you will get a memory for your lifetime. Thank you!