Spirit of Adventure

We draw our inspiration from Jules Verne, whose 19th century scientific novels prophesised that water would one day be converted into energy. Essentially, the hydrogen fuel cell that is being adopted by leading automotive manufactures does just that.

In his book, Around the World in 80 Days, Phileas Fogg, accepts a wager that he could circumnavigate the globe in 80 days to prove that science had made the world is a smaller place. Our challenge brings this story up to date; as we challenge competitors to circumnavigate the globe using only environmentally friendly transportation to prove the world can become a cleaner place.

In the same way transportation companies of the past competitively competed for the fastest Atlantic crossings to permit their ocean liners to fly the Blue Riband — we will create the same competitive environment for transportation companies of the future by awarding our Green Riband for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe using environmentally friendly transportation.