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Newton Kansan has an article mentioning: "... the world-record of 3,145 miles per gallon car built by a team from the University of British Columbia is unavailable for purchase, as are solar cars that participate in the annual North American Solar Challenge, there are ways to get the best possible gas mileage out of your current car ..."
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York Weekly has an article mentioning: "... No, it wasn't the Indy 500, but in many ways it was just as exciting. It was the 2008 Solar Car competition at the Middle School of the Kennebunks, and the competition was fierce ..."
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Wall Street Journal has an article mentioning: "... Could this technology one day be used on all airplanes? Even Bertrand Piccard doesn't envision solar planes replacing today's aircraft anytime soon. But the Solar Impulse project aims to become a catalyst for the development of solar and other ..."
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Joplin Globe has an article mentioning: "... In fact, it’s the advancement in the technology that is a chief reason why Eberle thinks there is a niche for solar-powered bikes ..."
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Gear Live has an article mentioning: "... Teach your kidlets early how to save the environment with this Solar Car. Made in Switzerland (duh,) it is handmade of wood, has plexiglass wheels with rubber covers, steel axles, and a solar panel to replace ..."
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Maui News has an article mentioning: "... based on programming â€" to rescue four satellites (represented by a blue cup), food supplies (green pompoms), crew members (orange pompoms) and solar sails (paper umbrellas ..."
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The Tech Herald has an article mentioning: "... He became a U.S. citizen in 1955, by which time he was working on developing designs for solar-powered spacecraft at the Redstone Arsenal facility ..."
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News Today Online has an article mentioning: "... Wednesday before the solar car was loaded into a truck ..."
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Coolest Gadgets has an article mentioning: "... Solar power looks like it is here to stay, and we have so far seen solar powered cars being the Holy Grail in the fight to be independent of black gold, or rather, oil. Hybrid cars aren’t exactly catching on as ..."
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ToTheCenter.com has an article mentioning: "... where I live, there are any number of companies offering fuel hybrids, which really don't address the problem completely. There is hope of solar powered vehicles, as mandated by the California Legislature. There was news about a solar operated vehicle called the "Solar EagleIII ..."
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Salisbury Post has an article mentioning: "... who runs his family business with his brother, Trip, said much of solar power activity is seen in the research and development phase, such as solar-powered cars. But moving it from the lab, or races that are meant as showcases, to the real world isn't easy. It's been cost effective for years ..."
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Fitchburg pride has an article mentioning: "... Academy Community Pilot School teacher John Fedirko, along with students Bryan Emery (center) and Mattison Darton, work on a solar car that will race in a competition next weekend. PRIDE PHOTO / HANNAH CHETKOWSKI ..."
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Valley News has an article mentioning: "... the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Solar Cup at Lake Skinner on Saturday, May 17. Students from more than 40 schools raced their solar-powered boats during the three-day event ..."
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Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... The Czeers MK1 prototype solar speedboat is a 30-knot photovoltaic dream in delicious shades of carbon fiber, solar cell and lush orange leather. Solar boats for environmental warriors eh? Next thing you'll be telling us they're making wind-powered ones ..."
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Foster's Daily Democrat has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered cars using battery backup race across the gym floor at the Marshwood Great Works School on Thursday morning ..."
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WLKY has an article mentioning: "... The car only seats one, only has three wheels and a small cockpit. And the solar car team says the batteries could be dangerous ..."
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Highland Community News (Subscription) has an article mentioning: "... Tiffany Hong of San Gorgonio High School takes a test ride in the school’s entry in a solar boat race scheduled for Yucaipa Regional Park Lake ..."
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Statesman Journal has an article mentioning: "... Students raced solar-powered boats in Mill Race after learning that water quantity and quality can be affected by energy use. For example, dams affect water flow in ..."
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Palos Verdes Peninsula News has an article mentioning: "... PENHI’s Solar Cup team members and advisors show off their solar-powered boat and winning hardware after a hard-fought victory this past weekend on Lake Skinner near Temecula ..."
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Munster Times has an article mentioning: "... Students spent the day shifting among the stations, which included kite flying, floating solar-powered boats made of water bottles, racing solar-powered cars and using foil, plastic, a black box and newspaper insulation to "roast ..."
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WYMT has an article mentioning: "... mailto:lauren.raymer@wkyt.com?subject=UK Solar Car Will Compete In National Race ..."
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Hudson Valley Press has an article mentioning: "... Members of the Newburgh Free Academy Solar Racing Team and team advisors Chris Eachus and Dane Le Roy help load the bottom half of the NFA Solar Car into an 18-wheeler. The vehicle is being transported to Los Angeles, CA, to be a part of a new series titled “Battleground Earth†on the ..."
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KLTV has an article mentioning: "... to see who's design was the fastest in a solar car challenge ..."
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Auto Spectator has an article mentioning: "... Automotive Park, Sta. Rosa, Laguna, where it recently launched a Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) engine facility. Ford also supports the Philippine Solar Car Challenge Society, Inc. which developed SINAG, the first Philippine Solar Car that competed in the World Solar Car Race in Australia last ..."
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Sail World has an article mentioning: "... http://www.sail-world.com/photos/Alt_Solar Sailor1.jpg ..."
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network has an article mentioning: "... MENAFN - The Peninsula) The energy of the future is solar, or so believes a French electronics engineer based in Doha who sees good prospects for solar powered boats in Qatar, especially along the Corniche and around the man-made island, The Pearl Qatar ..."
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Peninsula On-line has an article mentioning: "... Doha • The energy of the future is solar, or so believes a French electronics engineer based in Doha who sees good prospects for solar powered boats in Qatar, especially along the Corniche and around the man-made island, The Pearl Qatar ..."
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HispanicBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... Solar Cars are here, but the price point is high at the moment ..."
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Associated Content has an article mentioning: "... raquo; Solar Powered Cars: The Answer to Rising Gas Price ..."
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Associated Content has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered cars can't get here too soon for me. I feel cheated by the ..."
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InfoBolsa has an article mentioning: "... Sun-Powered Boats from Nogales High School in La Puente, Palos Verdes . Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Win Solar Cup Trophies ..."
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BurlingtonFreePress.com has an article mentioning: "... living with Ladakhis, and working together on projects beneficial to the community, ranging from designing and building model solar homes and solar powered vehicles to helping maintain the solar-powered school ..."
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KTVB has an article mentioning: "... The car is one of only a handful of solar-powered cars in the Treasure Valley and can be charged using its solar panels, or by plugging it into a power source ..."
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YourHub.com has an article mentioning: "... Schools throughout the state participated entering approximately 50 solar cars and 40 hydrogen fuel cell cars. Woodlands Academy came away with three trophies: 2nd in solar car design (Allie Meyer, Andi Jordan, Haley ..."
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North County Times has an article mentioning: "... High school teams throughout Southern California raced their solar-powered boats in Lake Skinner for the annual Solar Cup races. Local teams included Great Oak, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta Valley and Paloma ..."
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Daily Breeze has an article mentioning: "... teachers Jon Stamper and Hermann Huettemeyer, and students Chien-Heng Sun, Jeffrey Daniel, Geoffrey Iwata and Shu Wei Lin designed and built a solar-powered boat. They are racing against other high schools this weekend in Temecula. (Steve McCrank/Staff Photographer ..."
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East Valley Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Not only is solar power less expensive than ringing up electric bills from daily charging or $3-plus per gallon gas prices; solar cars also have comparable features to gas and electric cars, Santoro said ..."
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Telegraph.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... on the road at 8mph. It has been customised with a solar panel on the top and Malcolm Moss of Moss Solar Projects (which is providing several of the solar-powered vehicles) says: "This rally should make a major change to the way people see sustainable transport ..."
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Times Herald-Record has an article mentioning: "... Jamie Tabanao, a senior at Newburgh Free Academy, takes the Sol Machine 7 for a test run with the top off Wednesday before the solar car was loaded into a truck and shipped to California. Tabanao has never been to Los Angeles, but he says he's not likely to have much leisure ..."
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Press-Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... Passion for building a solar-powered boat has propelled special education students at Elsinore High to enter a competition ..."
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Gauntlet has an article mentioning: "... hen was the last time you saw a solar powered vehicle racing at 100 kilometres per hour in the city of Calgary? The University of Calgary's solar car team was at Race City Motorsport ..."
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SunHerald.com has an article mentioning: "... Not too long ago, 10 eighth grade students from Denison Middle School couldn't have imagined that they would be designing, building and racing solar-powered cars as a class project ..."
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North Island Midweek has an article mentioning: "... Doesn't sound like much, but take it out into space and its effects are far from theoretical, where one day solar pressure on large solar sails may propel humans to distant points in the cosmos. The gain of solar sails is they're LIGHTweight, provide a sustained acceleration ..."
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IEEE Spectrum has an article mentioning: "... streaming from the sun. The electric sail is similar in some ways to the more conventional solar-sail idea. The solar sail requires a ultrathin aluminized Mylar sail 250 meters in diameter to catch the solar wind, which blows out ..."
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WBAY has an article mentioning: "... About 350 students on 27 teams took part in several competitions at U.W.-Green Bay, including solar cooking, solar cars, and solar art ..."
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EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... The Race to Create the First Solar Airplanes is ON ..."
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Shanghai Daily has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer introduces his solar-powered car to students and teachers at the Shanghai Community International School yesterday ..."
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YourWestValley.com has an article mentioning: "... A solar vehicle lined with photovoltaic cells on its roof is an alternative to gas-powered and traditional electric golf cars ..."
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KSEE has an article mentioning: "... complaints about high gas prices, students at Alta Sierra Intermediate in Clovis are looking for solutions. Faith Sidlow reports on the 1st Annual Solar Car Races ..."
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WGRZ-TV has an article mentioning: "... mailto:jradomski1@wgrz.gannet.com?subject=RE:Students for to Help Design a Solar Powered Car ..."
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Neosho Daily News has an article mentioning: "... behind the project that brought Crowder international fame, it’s Boyt’s name that most people associate with the college’s first solar car ..."
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Baltimore Sun has an article mentioning: "... Cowan sit with the solar-powered toy car they created for a class project. Students in the course Introduction to Engineering Design competed in a "solar car challenge ..."
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UM Maneater has an article mentioning: "... In order to participate, Eberle said teams with non-solar cars had to tell the NASC how their car met the criteria of the challenge ..."
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MiamiHerald.com has an article mentioning: "... While Wexler's solar-powered car has a ways to go before mass production, Pascal Schreier brought four modes of electric transportation that are all on the market ..."
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KARE has an article mentioning: "... The U of Minnesota's Solar Vehicle Project team geared up Thursday, for a race across America by unveiling its newest car, the "Centaurus ..."
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Minnesota Daily has an article mentioning: "... The Solar Vehicle Project team unveiled its solar car Thursday morning, almost two months before the 2008 North American Solar Challenge - a race that ..."
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KAALtv.com has an article mentioning: "... The solar vehicle project team took the latest generation of solar cars out for its first test drive on Thursday afternoon ..."
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Pasadena Star-News has an article mentioning: "... With their solar-powered bike, Hatches now rarely ever use their car and have saved about $350 a month as a result, Brent Hatch said ..."
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Stanford Daily has an article mentioning: "... in the figure). While the average U.S. gasoline car emits more than four tons of carbon dioxide each year, along with various other pollutants, a solar-powered electric car would have zero emissions. Current biofuels have repeatedly been shown to reduce carbon emissions very little, if at all ..."
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The Desert Sun has an article mentioning: "... My creation for my solar energy is a solar boat. The sun will help the boat run fast. The sails are made of solar batteries. The solar boat will not use gas. The air will not get dirty ..."
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Hudson Valley Press has an article mentioning: "... members of the Newburgh Free Academy Solar Car Club were on hand at the monthly Board of Education meeting to speak to board members about their recent achievements and about their plans ..."
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Metro Canada - Calgary has an article mentioning: "... Tiffany Veltman of the U of C Solar Car Team hit the track in the Schulich 1 solar car at Race City Motorport Park yesterday. The team is prepping for the 2008 North American ..."
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Calgary Herald has an article mentioning: "... Solar Power: The University of Calgary's solar car put on a show at Race City on Tuesday. Check online for a photo gallery of the car ..."
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Centre Daily Times has an article mentioning: "... Largest Solar-Powered Boat Competition in Nation Draws Thousands ..."
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TECH.BLORGE.com has an article mentioning: "... Viable solar flight will cut down on the amount of air and noise pollution generated by airplane travel. Although this technology may not be ..."
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UMN News has an article mentioning: "... The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project team will provide a sneak preview of its newest car at a special event for the media and sponsors at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 8 on ..."
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Inventorspot has an article mentioning: "... http://media.cleantech.com/2752/aurora-reveals-plans-for-solar-powered-uav ..."
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660 News has an article mentioning: "... The University of Calgary is set to unveil it's new and improved solar car today ..."
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Press-Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... of Southern California and its 26-member water agencies. More than 40 teams of high school students are building, equipping and racing solar-powered boats this year ..."
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EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... being ready for commercial use, there is some green in the distant horizon. A French and a Swiss company are both vying to complete the first viable solar-powered plane ..."
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EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... quot;What's the advantage...really...of having a solar-powered airplane?" ..."
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WETM-TV has an article mentioning: "... A solar car and an electric car will also be featured in the Road Rally event during an expo in the afternoon ..."
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Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... Odysseus: Aurora's radical, unlimited endurance, solar powered aircraft ..."
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Lewistown Sentinel has an article mentioning: "... Christopher Hayes attaches a Lego piece onto his solar car. Belleville Mennonite middle school pupils will race the cars during a competition May 16 at Penn State University ..."
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Bangkok Post has an article mentioning: "... Solar energy is our future - not biofuel, not hydrogen - says a Swiss teacher on his world tour in a solar-powered vehicle ..."
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Allegan County News has an article mentioning: "... Students build solar-powered cars for May 15 ‘Eco Races ..."
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