Going around the world is nothing new, people have been doing it in every way and every direction. Sailing, flying, and driving are just a few ways to see the globe. Some are obsessed with going as fast as they can so that their name can be put in some book somewhere where no one would ever read or care about them. There are others however who do it for the journey and some to prove a point.

Lois Palmer is apparently the first person to drive around the world in a solar car. He gave a presentation at Imperial College London (click here) where he described his feat and told everyone about zero race (click here). Zero race is well you guessed it, a race, and yes a race of electric cars (not solar, that was the twist) around the world. The electricity that the cars use will be renewable so that it can fit into the whole green theme fashion. The point here being made is that electric cars are ready so let’s move to them and cut the whole debate nonsense.

Enter Racing Green Endurance (this time click here), part of the imperial racing green project, except that they are not really about racing but more about endurance. Endurance should come in handy if they want to stay alive in the race around the world. Of course that is if they manage to find enough sponsors. So if you are cash-rich and you actually care about this kind of stuff, you should contact them. I don’t think they would say no to some money at the moment. So if enough teams manage to find the cash, the zero race should be going ahead and it will be interesting to see whether it gets any attention at all.