The first task of the day was to take our broken damper and try and get it repaired because we could only get our spares once we arrived in Mexico City. A quick search on the Internet revealed a mechanic’s workshop fairly nearby, so at 9am, Nik, Toby, Claudio and myself were in the support [...]

Normally I start each blog by mentioning how we woke up, whether the car was charged, and what the weather was like. But on the night leading up to our crossing into Mexico, several of us weren’t sleeping in the first place such was the adrenaline coursing through our veins, and so we got out [...]

After the drama of the previous day, we were all keen to take stock and give the car another health check before crossing the border into Mexico. Nik, Toby and Alex spent most of the day running around in an attempt to find a more permanent solution for the broken damper as we were not [...]

Austin is a truly great place, and our experiences there will not be forgotten. National Instruments looked after us really well, taking us out for drinks and food and culminating in the most delicious steak dinner any of us had ever had! The nightlife was incredible fun, and the general vibe we got was a [...]

NI Week We arrived at the hotel late on Sunday night and, in true RGE style, parked the SRZero right in front of the entrance. You could tell that the NI team had eagerly been awaiting our arrival. By 10pm we had already met with Shaker (our main contact’s boss), Rod (the Organiser of the [...]

After the previous night’s excitement, the team was keen to get in a good night’s sleep. But time was of the essence; we had a wind farm to visit and another 290 mile drive ahead of us, so it was with great effort that we awoke on time and rolled out of the hotel exactly [...]

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 [...]