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Fogg's novel about the world's circumnavigation against the clock was written when fossil fuels were used for the first time in public transport. Nearly a century and a half later, the volume of Verne inspired another adventurer.
"In 1873, the new technology was fossil fuels," said CNN Sport, founder of the race, Mr. Manders. "Now we have sustainable and renewable energy, so it 's the idea to bring back this style of adventurer but to adopt this new approach."
But if the race has a low carbon footprint, its price is high.
Registration began earlier this month with 40 spots available at a cost of more than $ 44,000 for registrants by the end of March.
There are three rules: no vehicle can have a combustion engine, it must be legal on the road, and no more than 40% of the vehicle can be the energy system.
"We did not want a 250-page FIA rulebook," said Manders, referring to motor sport governance. "In this way, people can have a different approach to how they see the zero emission work on the vehicle."
Secret look on Dakar
For Manders, the 80 Day Race combines his ambition for adventure and his ecological qualities: he had already created Wonders of Waste, a race in which teams traveled from Rotterdam to Rome entirely fueled by disused cooking oil.
The 80-day race will start in Paris – scheduled for April / May – and will travel to Kazakhstan's capital, Astana. From there, teams will take their own roads through China, before transporting them across the Pacific to Vancouver. The race will resume via Cancun in Mexico via San Diego, then, after crossing the Atlantic, to Marrakech, before a final race Monaco-Paris.
Manders' inspiration for the race lies in his pbadion for the Dakar rally in his childhood. The Dakar rally was born in 1979 with competitors traveling from Paris to Dakar. Since 2009, it is held in South America, but there is also the Africa Eco Race, which has just finished its 11th edition.
"I was 12 when I saw the Dakar for the first time," said Manders. "It was only on television at midnight and obviously I was not allowed to watch, so I slipped into the living room at night when everyone was asleep and watched him."
One of the founding members of the 80 Day Race is former Dakar director Hubert Auriol, who competed in the first nine Dakar rallies on a motorcycle and was the first to win the two- and four-wheel event. .
"It's funny to think that 35 years ago, I was crawling to watch it on TV and now I have it in abbreviated dialing!" said Manders.
At 47, he is no stranger to adventure. He and his brother tried their own Dakar by driving an old Land Rover from their home in Senegal without ever reaching the finish line.
"It broke down in Morocco for 10 days, so we had to restart the engine and we were detained for 10 more days at the Algerian border, because they said that our papers were not in order," he said. Manders recalled.
"I was on vacation, so I had to go home after six weeks.My brother managed to go as far as Niger and then sold the car, so we never got it done. "
Scottish entry to the oil industry
His entry will be purely electric. Most of his adventures – from the 10,000km Mongolian Rally in 2017 to the 60 Hours of Edinburgh in Monte Carlo – have been driving a Nissan Leaf.
"In the last eight years, I have embarked on long-lasting adventures," said Ramsey, who previously worked in the oil and gas industry in Scotland before his work shifted to renewable energy.
"We are going through some of the most polluting cities and countries in order to show what is capable of electric power and / or hydrogen.
"Let's hope we can inspire people to make the change and make them understand that electric vehicles are a reliable option."
His browser has not yet been chosen, although it was not his wife Julie who joined him in his latest adventure – the Mongolian rally – despite his aversion to long car trips.
"We had our moments but we are still married!" laughed Ramsey, who also plans to enter the Dakar in the future.
In the end, he thinks the manufacturers will join the 80 Day Race and what it represents.
"I am convinced that they will get involved and that this place will have a long future on the calendar – it is only a beginning," he said.
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