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Revolve Eco-Rally 2009 Photos
June 9th, 2009 by
On Monday 8th June, the second Eco-Rally headed it started, driving from Brighton’s seafront to the waterfront at London’s City Hall. The finish was timed to coincide with the conclusion of the LowCVP conference, and before the start of the WhatCar? Green Awards ceremony.
All kinds of alternative technologies participated in this rally: from mild hybrids to EVs, diesels to hydrogen.
The eco-rally started from Madeira Drive in Brighton and there was a pit-stop at Sainsbury’s supermarket flagship eco store in Greenwich before arriving at City Hall in London. There, the crew was met by London’s mayor, Boris Johnson.
Drivers included the following;
- Lord Bassam of Brighton (Chief Whip)
- Zac Goldsmith
- Oliver Heath
- Carl Honore
- Sean Hughes
- Jenny Jones AM (Green Party)
- Robert Llewellyn
- Penney Poyzer
- Tracey Smith
- Lucy Siegle
- John Surtees
- Iwan Tukalo (ex international rugby player)
- Quentin Willson
- Paul Zenon
Forty eco vehicles are on display at City Hall, half of which took part in this year’s Eco-Rally. 90% are from the world’s major car brands and many of the cars and/or components are designed and built in Britain. The remainder are British innovation firms.
Pictures from Revolve
Check the photos on flickr by James Mcdonald
Revolve Eco Rally promo video
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….and what a fantastic day it was too!
The drive was lovely and I was lucky enough to drive the WINNER of WhatCar’s Green Car of the Year award, the Volvo S40 DrivE, which was a delight to be in. My co-driver Joe from Firewinder.com took the helm for the second leg of the journey and I got a chance to enjoy the Capital as a car share passenger too!
It was a top day! thanks for everyone’s support.