Great Transcontinental Electric Car Race

In 1968 the Great Transcontinental Electric Car Race was held between student groups at Caltech and MIT.

[1][2] The Caltech team, led by EV pioneer Wally Rippel, converted a 1958 VW Microbus powered by lead cobalt batteries from Electric Fuel Propulsion Corporation of Detroit.

The MIT team converted a 1968 Chevrolet Corvair powered by NiCad batteries.

A network of 54 charging locations was set up along the 3,311-mile route, spaced 21 to 95 miles apart.

After assessing penalty points, Caltech was declared the winner with a corrected time of 210 hours 3 minutes.