Oerlikon Solar racing team continues on global zero emissions race through North America

TRUBBACH, SWITZERLAND: Oerlikon Solar is the main sponsor of the Oerlikon Solar Racing Team participating in the Zero Emissions Race with its Zerotracer electric vehicle.

The Zero Emissions Race promotes sustainable mobility and transportation, aims to generate popular enthusiasm for the use of renewable energy sources for vehicles, and sets the highest environmental standards for the future.

The competing teams will race around the globe in 80 days. After having crossed the Pacific Ocean, the teams will continue their race in Vancouver, Canada on Friday, November 12, and will head to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. From there, they will pass through Mexico City and arrive in Cancun, Mexico for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

"The goal of the race for Oerlikon Solar is to spread the message that there is progress in innovation for more efficient and sustainable mobility for the future," says Jürg Henz, CEO of Oerlikon Solar.

“Powered by the electricity generated from Oerlikon Solar’s innovative Swiss engineering thin film silicon solar technology, the Zerotracer is a perfect example of how electric vehicles can be fun to drive, desirable in design and sporty in performance, all while fighting global warming.”