World Solar Challenge
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A Dutch startup is making some highly optimistic claims about the range it might be able to regain from solar panels on its roof and hood.
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Student Solar-Car Developers: What Motivates Them?
Stanford students discuss competing in the World Solar Challenge.
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World Solar Challenge Concludes As Teams Cover 1,800 Miles On Sun Power (Video)
The 2015 World Solar Challenge recently concluded in Australia.
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Entrant In World Solar Car Challenge Is 'Family Sedan,' Sort Of
We're always interested in following the progress of competitors in the World Solar Challenge--a solar-powered race across Australia--but as our readers regularly point out, not immediately useful for the average electric car buyer on the street. Solar Team Eindhoven, from the Eindhoven University...
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Luminos Solar Electric Car For Australian Race Cruises At 55 MPH
The latest United States entry into October's World Solar Challenge in Australia has been unveiled by a team at Stanford University. First held in 1987, the World Solar Challenge is a biennial event covering more than 1,800 miles through Australia's barren Outback, teams mixing speed with...
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University Of Michigan Solar Car Takes Sun Power To New Extremes
If you want to know why road-going electric vehicles aren't powered by solar panels mounted on the roof, here's your answer. Technically it's feasible, but you'd have to do without amenities, comfort, performance, or indeed a vehicle which doesn't look like an asymmetric air hockey table. The air...
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The World Solar Challenge pits the cutting edge of aerodynamics and solar power systems against the great outback of the land down under.