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Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered car race in Africa is under way at last, with seven teams from South Africa, India, Japan and Malaysia expected to reach the quarter-way ..."
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Morning Sentinel has an article mentioning: "... SUN POWER: Iver Lofving beside his solar powered car he built from a kit outside his home in Skowhegan that has photovoltaic panels, above, to charge batteries and a solar system for ..."
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Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... Six solar-powered cars set off from Pretoria on Sunday on an epic, two-week race around South Africa ..."
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The Times has an article mentioning: "... Six teams from three countries will put their innovative cars to the test in the SA Solar Challenge 2008, the first race for solar-powered cars this country has seen. The idea is to showcase cutting-edge solar technology that is being developed around the world , said ..."
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Gary Post Tribune has an article mentioning: "... They will be building solar-powered race cars that will be run in May ..."
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Washington Post has an article mentioning: "... Cuts Have Meant Losing 'a Little Bit of Magic'&bodytext=In a few decades, spacecraft might travel by solar sail ..."
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SustainableBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... automotive applications and modules for various thin film technologies. Asola is presently developing, for mass production for the plug-in-hybrid solar electric car, the Fisker KARMA, the most spherically-bent solar car roof in the world ..."
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Centralian Advocate has an article mentioning: "... THE Solar Car Challenge is steering Alice Springs students into science and engineering careers, says youth program coordinator Rosemary Carson ..."
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Missouri S&T News and Research has an article mentioning: "... Members of the solar car team from Missouri University of Science and Technology plan to discuss their experiences in the 2008 North America Solar Challenge during ..."
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Philadelphia Inquirer has an article mentioning: "... And as he stood in front of his buggy, with its LED lights, he said he had no intention of getting a solar car someday ..."
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Kantipur Online has an article mentioning: "... at Bheri Technical Institute (BTI) in Nepalgunj have successfully developed and test-drove on Wednesday a vehicle named 'Niful' that runs on solar power and batteries ..."
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CanadianDriver has an article mentioning: "... Montreal, Quebec - Louis Palmer, who is attempting to travel around the globe in a solar-powered vehicle, is expected to arrive in Montreal Friday and stay until September 29. He left his home in Lucerne, Switzerland on July ..."
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Columbia Basin Herald has an article mentioning: "... Chrystal Doucette/Columbia Basin Herald Peninsula Elementary School fourth-grade student Attay Alaniz watches his solar car as it races against another Wednesday ..."
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Tufts Daily has an article mentioning: "... Swiss schoolteacher discusses worldwide journey in solar-powered car ..."
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T.H.E. Journal has an article mentioning: "... His idea, taken from a course he'd attended at Chicago's Adler Planetarium, was to let the kids team up to build model-sized solar-powered race cars. Along the way, they'd learn about climate change (some classes would watch the Al Gore film ..."
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KATU has an article mentioning: "... While college students have come up with unusual solar cars and the state of Oregon recently unveiled solar panels to power highway lights, Yuan is thinking global ..."
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SustainableBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... automotive applications and modules for various thin film technologies. Asola is presently developing, for mass production for the plug-in-hybrid solar electric car, 'Fisker Karma', the most spherically-bent solar car roof in the world. More information can be found in ..."
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CCTV has an article mentioning: "... UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon arrived for work at his office in New York Friday morning in a most unusual vehicle. And he said the solar-powered car put him in the perfect mood for a climate change conference with several world leaders ..."
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Wiscasset Newspaper has an article mentioning: "... There was a lot of excitement at Wiscassets town office Friday morning for the demonstration of a solar powered vehicle made by Kronosport the result of a partnership with the state, town, Chewonki Foundation, Kronosport Inc., Chaplin Designs, and ..."
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International Herald Tribune has an article mentioning: "... The U.N. chief arrived at U.N. headquarters Friday in the solar-powered car that is making its way around the world. It will conclude its journey at the next round of climate change talks in Poznan, Poland ..."
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Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... The 36-year-old teacher has already driven his solar-powered vehicle 43,000 kilometres across Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States ..."
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The Auburn Plainsman has an article mentioning: "... We've been building solar-powered race cars for 20 years,†Bhavnani said. “It allowed us to understand the technological problems that occur in converting a dilute ..."
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Macleans.ca has an article mentioning: "... for the longest distance travelled by a solar car. Last summer, teams of Canadian mechanical and software engineering students from ETS, the ..."
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Hippy Shopper has an article mentioning: "... Whenever I write about a new solar car, readers get in touch to ask why these vehicles always have to look so freakish. And this doesn't really surprise me: there was the ..."
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EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... doesn't get much action, really, so it's no surprise that police thought they were pulling over a UFO when they saw the above solar car tooling down the road. I'd probably have thought the same thing, except that UFOs are unidentified FLYING objects&hellip ..."
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Gizmodo has an article mentioning: "... Yes, the thing does look like an UFO. For anyone who doesn't have a clue about what a solar car is, anyway. Or who doesn't notice the big honking wheels below. Or the fact that the "UFO ..."
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CNET News has an article mentioning: "... Alaskan citizen mistakes solar-powered car for UFO ..."
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New York Daily News has an article mentioning: "... It may not be a yellow cab, but it sure is green. A Swiss adventurer on an ecofriendly mission rolled into New York City on Tuesday to promote his solar-paneled car ..."
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Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... He arrived in New York on Tuesday, having already driven his solar-powered vehicle 43,000 kilometres across Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States without using a drop of petrol ..."
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Popular Mechanics has an article mentioning: "... it was 2 meters long and 20 cm large with a minimun speed(as the source u used)? Does windbelt(s) would work or improve if applied to lightweight solar car or light aircraft as handgliding? I was wondering (i have a air cooled computer) what happen if i put the windbelt behind where the air ..."
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Inside GNSS has an article mentioning: "... To make the grade, the University of Michigan's victorious solar car team members first had to map the grades in a 2,400-mile course stretching from Texas to Canada. GNSS helped them do that and then kept the ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... and someone is implying that this isn’t a feasible idea?. I’m in Maui right now and gas is $4.60 and up…what better place for a solar car than here. Most trips here by car are under 60 miles easy. Wish we had more people who can think that idiots like McCain promoting drilling ..."
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XPRESS has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered car park lights are completely integrated, self-contained, waterproof and compact. Offering high performance, the lights are ..."
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Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... Alaska Police Pull Over Solar Powered Car, Think It’s a UFO ..."
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Dubai City Guide has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered car park lights are completely integrated, self-contained, waterproof and compact ..."
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Prairie Business has an article mentioning: "... The University of Michigan support team was on hand to welcome its solar car on July 18 at the Corwin Toyota lot as the vehicle worked its way north as part of the North American Solar Challenge 2008. Beginning in ..."
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Columbia Missourian has an article mentioning: "... Mark Foecking, left, instructs Mandy Manderino how to test-drive an electric solar-powered scooter Sunday afternoon at Rock Bridge Christian Church during an event discussion with Care for Creation. Foecking transmits energy ..."
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Nanowerk LLC has an article mentioning: "... The solar powered plane flew for 82 hours 37 minutes, exceeding the current official world record for unmanned flight which stands at 30 hours 24 minutes ..."
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Gizmodo has an article mentioning: "... Another day, another golf cart size, three-wheeled solar-powered car with style ripped from the 1980's. At least with this one, the ..."
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Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... practices far more readily than other countries. In recent times the Dutch have conducted the first Hydrogen Fuel Cell Racing event, the first solar boat race and a fortnight ago the Dutch town of Den Helder held the “Aeolus Race”, the first for wind-powered vehicles. The winning ..."
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6abc.com has an article mentioning: "... Palmer admits his solar car is not designed for mass production, but he maintains that a similar and safer model could be mass-produced for around $10,000, not ..."
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Los Angeles Times has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane: An Aug. 24 article in the A section about a solar-powered plane misstated the direction of its circumnavigation journey. The plane will ..."
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WSBtv.com has an article mentioning: "... Da Luz is driving a solar-powered car across North America. He said he's been pulled over seven times in his saucer-shaped car ..."
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Toronto Sun has an article mentioning: "... A Toronto man who's aiming to set a world record for driving the longest distance in a solar-powered car has made an unexpected stop in Whitehorse because of mechanical problems with his support vehicle ..."
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WBOC TV 16 has an article mentioning: "... WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) - Marcelo da Luz isn't from outer space. He's from Toronto. But some people think he's in a UFO. Da Luz is driving a solar powered car across North America. He says he's been pulled over seven times in his saucer-shaped car. According to da Luz, an officer chased him ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... The solar boat isn't the first attempt at cleaning up cargo ships. A much earlier system developed by the ..."
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Daily Green has an article mentioning: "... The solar vehicle is really nice. All it needs to do is sit in the sun for an hour a day and it's ready to go. It never has to be plugged in. And it ..."
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3x24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine has an article mentioning: "... The price of electricity, utilities, et cetera, is going up right along with the cost of gas. Of course, with solar technologies speeding along, solar powered cars may not be far away. They are not here yet, although solar power is. It could help people all over the world stop fighting just ..."
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ElectronicsWeekly.com has an article mentioning: "... Inside Qinetiq's Zephyr solar powered plane ..."
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CBC.ca has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered plane shatters unmanned flight record: report ..."
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Ceylon Daily News has an article mentioning: "... petrol completely by solar energy as the alternative automobile fuel. If implemented, he predicts, that the entire world would be driving solar powered cars whose infrastructure would then became a trillion dollar industry in ten years ..."
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News24 has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane breaks record ..."
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SmartPlanet.com has an article mentioning: "... mobile tech company Iqua has developed a solar car kit for your phone. Let's take a look at how Iqua's new Visor SUN compares to the Daddy of solar car kits ..."
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