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Solar-Powered Race Cars

Posted April 10, 2013 7:31 AM

From Neatorama:

What? You don't think a solar-powered car could go fast enough to race? They might not be ready for the Indy 500 yet, but engineering departments at various universities around the world are working on solar cars that will hold their own and cost nothing in gasoline.

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04/10/2013 7:40 AM

While this is an interesting subject, there simply is nothing more to the link than a teaser.
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04/10/2013 8:00 AM

http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/page/view_by_id/1

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04/10/2013 7:54 AM

Now this is really going green....

See it in action....

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