Around the Globe in an Electric Car

Former European Cup Winner Traveling Around The Globe In An Electric Car!

Rugby and Sustainability are my two biggest passions and I’m combining both in my latest project called Global Rugby Electric Drive.

BY PETER BRACKEN

My autistic son Noah, 9, and myself are driving around Ireland and the UK and then around the World in a fully Electric Vehicle to get people excited about Electric Mobility, Sustainability and to raise money for Noah's local autism charity Western Care.

We’ll be stopping at rugby clubs and schools en route to coach rugby.

It would be great to meet as many fun and interesting IIBN members as possible as we travel. And if some IIBN members could help us along the way that would be hugely appreciated. Whether with room, board, cash - all would be appreciated.

Along with the above reasons for doing this adventure, it’s going to be a fantastic life/bonding experience for both myself and my son which for me is the greatest thing about the project.

Project highlights:

n Team Leader - Peter Bracken, former Professional Rugby Player,

European Rugby Champions Cup

Winner, Rugby 6 Nations Grand Slam winning coach, Executive

Coach, Electric Car enthusiast,

Renewable Energy and

Sustainability advocate. n Team Superhero – Noah Bracken,

Peter’s 9 years old Autistic son. n World First / World Record attempt – a drive circling the globe has never been done before in an Electric Vehicle n Father and Son drive around the

World – Peter and Noah Bracken aim to be the 1st people to drive around the world in an EV. n Charity – This is a not for profit project. All monies raised will go directly to Noah’s local Autism support service charity Western

Care n Documentary – We will be documenting the entire project –

TV documentary. n Publicity Tours – 400+ schools, sports clubs, music festivals, Car

Shows, sustainability conferences, exhibitions, events, n Worldwide Media Events - Irish /

European / Asian / USA /

International media events n Mayo to Mayo - We're starting and finishing the global drive from our home in Castlebar, Co. Mayo,

Ireland. n Global Rugby Coaching Tour –

Stopping to coach and charge the car at various rugby clubs across the world en route. n Celebrities – Interviewing

Celebrities in the car along the journey. n Sustainability Tour – Visiting

Partner companies to highlight their products, services and sustainability efforts, Climate

Action projects, Renewable

Energy projects, Bio-diversity projects, Smart Buildings,

Holistic/Organic/Low Emission

Farms en route

The Free Stuff! – noth’in like a handy freebie

n Free Publicity – we’ve a limited number of free opportunities to be part of this unique project and the publicity that goes with it for any companies that are Sustainability pro-active. n So, what’s the catch? – NO catch, all we need is a company representative to make themselves available for interview and talk about your business. Not bad, I think!  We’ll post this on our personal and project social media platforms to promote your

Peter Bracken in action for Connacht during his rugby playing days.

company. If your company see the benefits of an official partnership and want to get more involved, great, that is most welcome. If not no worries, don’t feel obliged, no expectations.

Project – Phase 1

Noah and I are doing several shorter Electric Vehicle drives to prepare for the Global trip

n All Ireland 32 counties in 32 hours’

Drive – to showcase the Kilometre range of modern EV’s and highlight the EV charging infrastructure on the island of

Ireland n Touring Ireland, UK, Europe in an

EV - EV conferences and events –guest speaking at various

EV/Sustainability/Car shows and and Europe. n 2021, 6 nations drives – Driving to watch Ireland play in the rugby 6 nations 2021 n Rugby - Pro 14, Rugby Champions

Cup, English Rugby Premiership and French Top 14 Rugby tour –

We will be driving to various rugby matches around Ireland, UK and

Europe, engaging with fans, media, players, supporters n Formula E Grand Prix’s – driving to the Electric Car version of

Formula 1

Project - Phase 2 Route (subject to change) - Ireland – UK – France – Belgium –Netherlands – Germany –Denmark – Sweden – Finland - Russia – Kazakhstan – Mongolia –China – Japan – USA – Canada –Ireland

Hopefully you can sense that although this is a serious, professionally planned and organised expedition, we are aim aiming to bring a fun, humorous and fully transparent feel to the whole project and we’re 100% committed to having as much joy and craic as practically possible in all aspects of the project. Not even Covid-19 has dampened our spirits. It has brought sustainability to the fore and we aim to capitalise on this

We are thinking of applying for Santa’s job next Christmas we’ve such a massive sack full of media publicity secured for the project and project partners. TV, Newspapers, Radio, Social Media etc. This is a great story and the media are mad keen to tell it. So many high profile/influential people have said yes to coming along on stages of the drive with us and following and sharing the story on their social platforms, celebrities from all backgrounds [Professional rugby players and coaches (male & female), Sports stars from various sports, World Champion, Olympic athletes, 2 Astronauts in training, High profile business people, Dragons Den dragon, Influencers, Fashion/fitness models, Adventurers, Professional fighters, Atlantic Rower, Everest Climber, GAA managers, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, Musicians, Las Vegas conferences across Ireland, UK

Promoter, Film Directors, my family etc].

Everyone above getting involved, giving their time for free because they love the concept and believe in the project. I am a full-time carer of my son Noah and we’ve manged to get this project this far with some amazing help from friends and family. We have secured 3 official partners so far which is fantastic.

Oh yes, we are making a TV documentary of the project. Our production company are close to commissioning stage. Because we’ve zero budget yet, the producers are giving a substantial amount their time, resources and skills to this just because they 100% believe in the project and know it will be successful. This has given us great confidence.

Lastly, thanks to IIBN for this opportunity to write about our project and if we can be of any help to any IIBN members in any way we would be delighted to do so.

Keep positive, well and safe,

Peter Bracken +353 86 0566806 peter@the-scrum-doctor.com

Ps, don’t be shy, please take us up on the genuine free publicity offers!