Race

A Clean energy EVENT

The Zero Race is all about sustainable mobility and transport.  The event aims to generate popular enthusiasm for the use of renewable energy sources for vehicles and set the highest environmental standards for the future. This is why all participating Zero Race teams are required to produce their own electricity using renewable sources such as solar, wind, wave and or geothermal. This electricity must be then fed into the grid system in the home country of each team, so that during the Zero Race, the equivalent can be harnessed to power the vehicles on their worldwide journey.

Eligibility CRITERIA

Competing vehicles in the Zero Race are required to:

  • be propelled by an electric motor
  • drive at least 240 km distance at an average speed equal or above 80 km/h
  • be able to reach a maximum distance of 450 km per day
  • recharge in less than 4 hours
  • carry at least one passenger

Fully electric motorbikes may be accepted to participate in the Zero Race if they are able to drive a distance of at least 120 km with one battery charge, and if the battery system permits continued recharge during stops. 

COMPETITION CRITERIA

As the Zero Race is about sustainable transport and mobility, the event goes beyond the concept of who is first past the start and finish lines. This is why participating vehicles in the Zero Race will be judged according a variety of performance criteria by scientific experts in renewable energy and sustainable transport and mobility and the general public for design popularity and other parameters.

Specific Zero Race competition criteria include:

  • Reliability - based on vehicle performance assessed by the number of breakdowns or repairs needed during the Zero Race
  • Power and Speed - based on acceleration and range capacity to complete the Zero Race track (evaluation by a panel of race car drivers)
  • Energy efficiency - based on assessments by vehicle manufacturers and various other experts
  • Affordability of the vehicle for the general public
  • Safety - based on evaluations by transport engineers
  • Design Popularity - based on opinion polls by spectators and the general public along the way

For each of these six competition criteria there will be a prize-giving event in a major city on every continent. There will be a winner in each category, and one overall Zero Race winner following the completion of the entire journey around the world.

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