The black automobiles transfer quick and silent alongside the sunsoaked coast of Croatia, reflecting the blue of the ocean. There aren’t any loud engines, no nauseating petrol fumes. Only the sound of the ocean – and bystanders cheering the automobiles on. The Nikola Tesla EV Rally Croatia 2022 is properly underway.
This distinctive rally is for electrical automobiles solely and is the 9th in Croatia since 2014. The 850 km route is dubbed the “Green electric route” and runs by a few of Croatia’s most lovely landscapes. The rally started in Rovinj this Monday and continues alongside the coast of Istria, over Šibenik, earlier than ending in Zadar on Saturday, June 11th. Since the rally is open to everybody with an electrical car – and good driving expertise – the contributors yearly is a world crowd, becoming a member of from throughout Europe to advertise e-mobility whereas having fun with a few of the most lovely roads – whereas having enjoyable.
The Nikola Tesla EV Rally is all about selling e-mobility, renewable power and sustainable journey whereas showcasing the fantastic thing about Croatia. 50 race groups get to check their driving expertise on closed circuits, panoramic roads and even an airfield. Every day the race ends in a public place, the place everyone seems to be invited to have a better have a look at the automobiles and realise the potential of electrical automobiles.
The venture is a collaboration between E.V.A. BLUE, a inexperienced tech firm and chief in e-mobility in Croatia since 2011, the Croatian Tourist Board HTZ and different native municipalities. The Rally can also be supported by Šibenik Tourist Board, Zadar Tourist Board and SI Tourist Board. The Nikola Tesla EV Rally has been named one of many Top10 most modern premium tasks on the planet by McCann advertising and marketing company, and has been a part of the Istria Ecoxperience Tourist Guide since 2018. And why shouldn’t it’s right here, within the homeland of Nikola Tesla {that a} distinctive occasion like this could happen. After all, he valued originality.
“I don’t care that they stole my idea; I care that they don’t have any of their own”
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The race drivers are pampered the entire week of the rally in 4 and 5 stars resorts and with one of the best of Croatian wine and delicacies. After all, nothing brings individuals collectively like good meals. The rally additionally affords days of enjoyable or sightseeing within the sunkissed local weather of Croatia. A day of crusing across the Kornati islands, or maybe a go to to the UNESCO World Heritage city of Trogir or Krk National Park? The contestants have ample alternative on the remainder days to expertise the abundance Croatia has to supply.
On Saturday, after the ultimate talent exams on the Višnjik Sport Center in Zadar, the profitable workforce is introduced, awarded and celebrated. The award ceremony can be lead by the Mayor of Zadar and is to happen on the coast, by the photo voltaic panel artwork set up “Greeting to the Sun”. But even in case you didn’t get to take part on this 12 months’s rally, you may nonetheless journey to Croatia and drive its “Green Electric Tourist Highway” with charging stations on the most tasty vacationer areas like Rovinj, Paklenica National Park, Smiljan, Poreč, Zagreb, Zadar and plenty of different locations.
This rally is inexperienced – and so is the long run. Come to Croatia to search out inspiration to your subsequent e-mobility journey.