After the successful M25 trip the RGE team decided it was time to try something a little more... international. That is why this weekend, we are going to attempt London to Paris on one charge, in another attempt to show the true potential of electric cars! We will be at the London Eye from 10:00am on ...
Another day and a milestone we have all been long looking forward to has come: driving around the M25 twice on one charge! Now for those of you who aren't acquainted with the "M25" it is the main motorway ring road around the capital, measuring 115 miles (184km) in length. The Tesla has been around ...
Dear All, I have to apologise for the general lack of blog posting with regard to the car, but we do have a good excuse! The car drives so nicely that all we've been doing over the last week or so is just driving it here, there and everywhere! It's quite an exhilarating experience cruising along ...
So with just over a month to go you might be wondering how things are going on the logistics front! Well all kinds of things are going on behind the scenes. The car and equipment will be flown to Alaska toward the end of June, generously sorted out by our friends at Hellmann Logistics, with the ...
Today was a great day for just one simple reason...20 crates of Ubershot arrived for the team! "What's Ubershot?", I hear you ask. Well, both myself and the entire RGE team will testify to Ubershot being the best energy shot out there. There are plenty of companies that have come out with various forms of energy shots, ...
Today was a big day for the project so far: the Radical SRZero, the car we have worked so hard on in the past 7 months, was due to be assessed for road worthiness. A test called IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval) had to be passed. All cars that are not mass produced series type approved ...
For anyone in England on April 8th 2010, you will know of the beautiful weather we had on this day, and how it seemed to categorically signal the end of winter, and the start of those glorious summer days which seem forever just around the corner. So, it was in this extremely buoyant and optimistic mood ...
Another few days have passed and yet more has happened in the world of Racing Green Endurance! On Wednesday 22nd we took the car back up to Peterborough to put the final touches to the car and to put the car through some testing on Radical's dynamometer. So, over the last few days ...
If there was ever a blog entry that I have wanted to write more than this one, I certainly can't think of it! At 1.10am 21st March, the SRZero drove under its own power for the very first time! However, soon after, we ran into problems with electromagnetic interference (EMI) and had to ...