FIA Foundation support RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge
The RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge (Saturday November 6, 2010) is open to the latest electric, hybrid and low emission passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and motorcycles. Around 50 entries are expected with trophies awarded in different categories for vehicles judged to have made the least energy impact during the 60-mile run.
The FIA Foundation is sponsoring the new event under its role in the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) and its 50BY50 campaign to make cars 50 per cent more fuel efficient by 2050 worldwide. A report published by the GFEI stated that a move across the global fleet towards far better fuel economy at a scale which is already technically achievable, could save over 6 billion barrels of oil per year by 2050, and close to half of CO2 emissions from cars, as well as generate significant local air pollution benefits – and all using existing, cost-effective technologies.
"The support of the FIA Foundation with its leading role in the 50BY50 campaign rightly puts the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge on the global stage. Many of the major manufacturers taking part are multi-national companies and, of course, climate change is a challenge facing the whole world," said Ben Cussons, Chairman of The Royal Automobile Club Motoring Committee.
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