Overall winner was a real outsider. Mr Mats Udéhn, a well-known swedish EV-enthusiast since more then 10 years, and living outside Gothenburg, was to hard to beat for the other teams. His team driving a home-built VW Beach Buggy outperformed teams with more established series produced cars. The team won the dragrace on Friday afternoon, was second in the hill climb on Sunday, and was also top performers in the orienteering and high-way driving contests. They scored a total of 270 points.

Overall second was a very professional team with teamleader Mr Palle Jacobsen from the local danish uitility company Himmerlahos Elforsyning in Aalborg. This team used a Toyota RAV4 electric, a factory prepared car from Toyota normally stationed in Luxemburg. This team was second in the dragrace and third in the hill climb contest. This team scored a total of 230 points.

Overall third was achieved by Mr Per Joergensen Moeller and his team from Virum in Denmark with their Citroén AX. This team scored fourth place in the hill climb event and sixth place in the dragrace. They scored a total of 180 points.

A special prize for best in style was given to the three teams from The Norwegian Post in Oslo for their nice looking red painted cars and rally suits. The three teames, headed by Mr Gudbrand Bakke, were driving two Think City cars and one Peugeot Partner car, and they were all dressed in red matching rally suits. The best team of the three drove a Think City and scored a total of 160 points.

A special prize for most remote team was given to Miss Els van Crombruggen and Mr Erik de Bisschop from Brussels. They represented Citilec, The European Association for Cities promoting clean urban electric transpor-tation. This team scored a total of 140 points.

A special prize for most impressive single achievement was given to Mr Erik Holmkvist and his team with their extreme electric racer Sniper Electric. The team was only able to participate in the last contest of all, the hill climb event on Sunday, because of severe technical problems. But the hard working team managed to test the car 6 km on the road before the hill climb, and then finally came to start. All competitors including the overall winner were very convincingly beaten with several seconds in the hill climb. Both this car and the winner was faster in the hill than a petrol engined Volvo V70 driven real hard. The Sniper team scored 100 points.

Next years ÖRESUNDSRALLYT is scheduled for the last weekend of August,
the 24^th – 26^th of August 2001 .

The planning and preparation for next years rally has already started. The number of participating cars is expected to be even higher than this year, and a wider scope of activities linked to the rally is prepared.

Participating electric cars in ÖRESUNDSRALLYT 2000:

The green electric train "The green Line" was also demonstrated in Landskrona and in Helsingborg. This train drives on ordinary rubber wheels, and is daily in use for local public transport in Malmö.

Information about the sponsors

ÖRESUNDSKRAFT AB is one of the largest energy suppliers in the Öresund area, and is fully owned by Helsingborg Energi AB. See also www.oresundskraft.se for more information.
Contact person: Mr Per Lundgren, Sales Manager private/SME Tel. +46 (0)42- 490 32 14

SUNRIDE Engineering AB is a development company in Lund, which supplies services and products to the electric vehicle market. See also www.sunride.se for more information.
Contact person: Mr Peter Bäckström, MD. Tel. +46 (0)46-14 50 83

ÖRESUNDSBROKONSORTIET ownes and operates the Öresund link (incl. bridge and submerged tunnel) between Denmark and Sweden. See also www.oeresundsbron.com for more information.
Contact person: Mrs Mitzi Frändevi, Project Manager Tel. +46 (0)705- 88 66 71

ELSAM is Denmarks largest power producer and a substantial player in the Öresund area.och en. The business is conducted through the companies Helia A/S at Sealand and Helia AB in Sweden. See also www.elsam.com for more information. Contact person: Mr Jörn Lemann, Vice Direktor Tel. +45 (0)76 22 23 01

Tekniska Verken, Elverket i Landskrona is the public electric utility company in the Borough of Landskrona. Contact person: Mr Göran Albertsson, Director Tel. +46 (0)418-47 07 50

"The Green Line" in Malmö ownes and operates the electric battery train in the City of Malmö.
Contact person: Mr Kent Berglund, Project Manager Tel: +46 (0)40 – 34 17 70

SCANDLINES ownes and operates the car & train ferries between Helsingborg och Elsinore.
Contact person: Mr Erik Thulin, Sales Director. Tel. +46 (0)42 – 18 60 00

SEFOS, The Swedish Electric Vehicle Association, is the swedish branch of AVERE, The European Electric Vehicle Association.. See also www.sefos.nu for more information.
Contact person: Mr Björn Olsson, Chairman Tel. +46 (0)708-51 57 55

Project management for ÖRESUNDSRALLYT

SUNRIDE Engineering AB, see above.