Plans for the inaugural Charging Across America Challenge (CAAC) have been announced by event founder Robert Swartz. Designed to promote the nation?s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and the growing EV infrastructure network, the event kicks off April 18, 2022, with finish-line crossings scheduled in Redondo Beach, California, and New York City on April 22, 2022 (Earth Day).

The challenge features two Energica riders, Swartz and Steven Day, attempting to break the Cannonball cross-country electric motorcycle record of 178 hours and 17 minutes. Both riders will simultaneously journey coast-to-coast in opposite directions following the original 2,906-mile route of the Cannonball Run, creating a unique ?race within a race.?

?I built a Model T Speedster before I got my drivers license, so Henry Ford was my hero. Ford co-sponsored America?s first real coast-to-coast competition in 1909, the ?Ocean-to-Ocean Automobile Endurance Contest,? a race from Manhattan to Seattle. Growing up in the ?70s, the Cannonball Run was extremely popular. I combined these events to create the ?Charging Across America Challenge? to promote high-performance electric motorcycles and clean energy,? said Swartz, owner of three motorcycle businesses – Rob?s Dyno Service, Motus of New England and Energica of New England (EONE).
Voltrek recently supervised installation of a fast-charging system at Swartz? EONE facility. ?Voltrek is proud to sponsor the Charging Across America Challen...