Archive for July, 2010

For many people, I imagine the perfect morning would consist of something like waking up to find the sun shining, birds tweeting, and a soft breeze wafting up the smell of warm pastries. For RGE, the perfect morning consists of waking up to find the car fully charged, and so in this respect, day 33 ...

Given the fact that the previous day had been spent waiting for the car to charge, we had a lot of mileage to catch up on in order to ensure that we would arrive in Austin in time for the National Instruments exhibition just 3 days later. So we set 5.30am our leaving time, and ...

The team woke up eager to get going, but we were, once again, confronted by charging problems. Just as we had seen previously, a circuit breaker had mysteriously tripped, despite being amply rated, and our car was sitting there in the car park with precious little charge over what we had left it with the ...

This morning’s alarm clock rang a lot earlier than it should have done given the fact that we had spent the previous night in Las Vegas! However, we are a diligent and committed bunch, and up we got to go and park the car in front of the Mirage Hotel ready to receive interested guests ...

As you may remember from the previous blog post, we had estimated that the car would be sufficiently  charged for the drive to Vegas by around 5am on the morning of the 29th day. We fully intended to make best use of the day by leaving this early, and there were several reasons for this. ...

The plan for today was a little complicated. We needed to progress towards Las Vegas, but at the same time, we had to go back in the opposite direction towards Los Angeles in order to pick up 2 power supplies which would help speed up our charging given that 2 of them were now crippled ...

Unlike the previous morning, bright sunlight streamed through the broad windows of the MacCarley's house, and we were awoken to the smell of cinnamon buns and blueberry muffins. RGE do not often have the chance to have breakfast as we are so often pushing to get to the next destination, but on this occasion we ...

There were 3 very exciting things that were due to be happening today, and so it was an eager and keen RGE team that turned up at the Luscious Garage at 9am to pick up the SRZero. Just an aside, I should point out that it was now a Saturday, and Luscious Garage was actually ...

Firstly, before continuing with the blog, I have to once again apologise for falling behind with the updates. I have had many emails of support from you, our cherished readership, encouraging us to keep up the flow of news. We would like to thank you for this, and I want to assure you that we ...

Today was certainly not going to be the longest day of driving, just under 100 miles actually, but there were two very exciting things that were going to happen. Firstly, Ben from CAR magazine needed a set of really great coastal driving shots which were crucial  for the PR side of the project, and secondly, ...