The electric car race Electric Marathon 2013 Tallinn-Monte Carlo that was supposed to start this Sunday is postponed because of technical reasons.

As many different aspects have arisen that put the success and high quality of the organizational part of this project under question and high risk, than we consider it impossible to give start this Sunday to the annual event. However we do continue the negotiations with our active supporters, partners and registered competitors to postpone the event to September

The main causes to postpone the race are that one supporter suspended their activity in project on last minute and the timing of the arrival being too close to the F1 competition in Monaco. It appears that bringing the arrival time so close to the F1 competition on Monte Carlo was a mistake, that brought different difficulties with the organization of the arrival in Monte Carlo.

We apologize in front of all the supporters, partners, the municipalities and the followers, especially branches of JCI in Tallinn, Pärnu, Riga Jelgava, Panevezys, Kaunas, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Graz and Vienna, who have put their great effort into organizing the local events. It was not an easy decision and we really hoped up until the very last minute to overcome the difficulties, but since we did not succeed in it, than today our only reasonable option is postponing. I apologize sincerely and personally in front of all partners, supporters and helpers and I do wish they understand.

Jüri Tamm
Director of the race
Electric Marathon 2013 Tallinn-Monte Carlo
Honorary Consul of Monaco in Estonia

The Electric Marathon 2013 starts on 19th of May from Tallinn and after 10 days will finish in Monte Carlo on 29th of May. This year the marathon will visit 27 cities in 9 countries.

For this year we have made a rule change and also the hybrid cars can participate in the race. Currently there is still possible to register to full race also. If you have a suitable car and team please contact us via e-mail info@electricmarathon.eu

This year the Electric Marathon will be held earlier then last two years. The start of Electric Marathon 2013 will be given on 19th of May in Tallinn and the finish will be on 29th of May in Monte Carlo on the Prince’s Palace Square.

The route is similar to the last year’s race with some small modifications. The race will go through 9 countries and will stop in 27 cities this year.

The race will go through: Tallinn, Pärnu, Riga, Jelgava, Panevezys, Kaunas, Augustow, Ostrow Mazoviecka, Warsaw, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Kepno, Wroclaw, Hradec Kralove, Brno, Bratislava, Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Klagenfurt, Udine, Mogliano Veneto, Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, Milano, Torino, Cuneo, Monte Carlo.

The Electric Mini Marathon from Tallinn to St. Petersburg is postponed because of the technical reasons.

The marathon was planned to be held in the end of September but now it is postponed. Please follow our website for a further information.

The winner of Electric Marathon 2012 public photo competition is the photo „Electric Marathon 2012 Bratislava“ by Rastislav Polak.

The second prize went to the photo „Ostrow“ and the favorite of main sponsor Pentax  was the photo „From the polluted world we go into the bright future of electricity!“ by Alexander Semenov. The award for all three is  a Pentax camera K-01 with a 18-55 mm lense. Continue reading →