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Driving Day 17: Helendale to Las Vegas – 281.6km

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. [...]

Our stay in Helendale

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 [...]

Driving Day 16: San Luis Obispo to Helendale – 394.3km

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 [...]

Driving Day 15: San Francisco to San Luis Obispo – 373.4km

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 [...]

Our Stay in San Francisco

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 [...]

Driving Day 14: Santa Rosa to San Francisco – 183.5km

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, [...]

Driving Day 13: Yreka to Santa Rosa – 466.7km

After a really refreshing sleep in some nice beds for a change, we woke to cloudless sky and temperatures hitting 35°C; absolute paradise! However, when walking over to the car to see how it was doing, we found the circuit breakers in the charging point had tripped and the car was only at 25% state [...]

Driving Day 12: Portland to Yreka – 492.5km

It was an odd experience waking up with the Rinehart staff coming into work…it felt a little odd to say the least! I was sleeping on the sofa, and I remember waking up to Larry peering down at me and saying “Don’t mind me, you’re more than welcome to get some more shuteye!” This is [...]

Driving Day 11: Seattle to Portland – 307.4km

If you could imagine the least most glamorous place in the world, add to it some cold, damp weather, and that was the sight that greeted us upon waking up…a desolate downtown car park. But despondence didn’t last for long as Richard suddenly arrived on his bike with Claudio on the back carrying large quantities [...]

Driving Day 10: Vancouver to Seattle – 225.3km

Our fifth morning in Vancouver dawned just the same as every other; bright, blue and warm! However, today signified something quite new for the team. For the first time ever, we completed our first full country, and in true RGE style, this was the world’s second largest country! But before approaching the border, which was [...]

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