Day 5: Koblenz, Frankfurt and Michelstadt

Today was a fantastic sunny day and there were no road dramas at all! After a hilly dive out from Görlitz company in Koblenz, the teams had a relaxing charging stop in Frankfurt late morning, provided by TÜV Hessen (Technical Control Association in the State of Hessen). There was a tent full of food and drinks, and nice compfy couches for relaxing while some vehicles got a top-up charge.

Overnight charging at Görlitz Company in Koblenz....teams preparing for take-off to Frankfurt

At Frankfurt International Auto Expo ...taking electric mobility a little more seriously this year

While waiting for a charge top-up ...some team members went sightseeing in Frankfurt (Ira, Team 12)

Late afternoon, the WAVE received a wonderful welcome in Michelstadt in the Odenwald Region. This was also the place for testing the range of the vehicles. The way this worked was that some vehicles drove to Michelstadt with no, or only one top-up charge and Paul Schweizer (judging panel and scout vehicle driver) then checked the leftover power in the batteries in Michelstadt. Then, with the remaining power, the teams had to drive 10 km laps between market square in Michelstadt and Erbach until they had none left. Some drove and drove, and with a range of 300 km, the winner of today’s competition was Team Zerotracer!

Arrival in Michelstadt

Team Odenwald at home in Michelstadt

WAVE Michelstadt event in the market square of the old town

Paul Schweizer explaining the rules to Team Twike 4 about today's competition

Team Schleufer taking off for the laps around Michelstadt and Erbach to exhaust the battery and see the range of their Tesla

Team Tremola rolling out for the laps

Members of Teams 1997, Twike 3, Schleufer and Nachchaltige Stadt Leutkirch relaxing in Michelstadt

Dinner in Birket....in a nice village guesthouse accompanied by warm local hospitality...there was also a nice fire outside

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Blog written by  Julianna Priskin.