Exactly one week ago, on September 4 at 13:35pm, Carolina and Federico Bianchi of Team Italia crossed the finish line at the Arco de Triunfo in Barcelona, Spain. They are now world record holders for having traveled 28.749 kilometres in 80 days around the world with their electric car, Tesla Model S. (On a personal record, Team Italia has travelled... Continue Reading →
After Moscow, Team Italia leaves the Russian border to finally enter the European Union countries, passing through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria. August 10: {Moscow, Russia} Finally some days of relax. The cars of four Teams (Italia, Austria, Switzerland II, USA) are charged under the bridge, which from their Hotel Baltschug Kempinski brings... Continue Reading →
After six long hours of wait at the border between China and Kazakhstan, Team Italia begins one of the most difficult legs of the entire trip: driving on the catastrophic roads of Kazakhstan. Deep holes of 35 centimeters and sudden hundreds of kilometers of steppe without any villages in sight. Fortunately, the car of Team... Continue Reading →
The world tour in 80 days can be defined as an adventure against the clock; respecting the speed limits, the prohibition of driving during the night (as defined by the 80edays stewards) and particularly keeping an eye on the range. To save range the cruise control is between 60km/h and 100km/h, even on the highway.... Continue Reading →
An intense week full of difficulties. The permits are extremely complicated and slow to obtain, making the Teams lose important days to reach their goal: drive around in 80 days. The lost time will have to be recovered during the next weeks with intense hours of driving every day. Guangzhou counts with 13 million inhabitants,... Continue Reading →
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