News: Man says cross-country solar-car trek a record

Times Colonist has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz is claiming a world record after pulling into Mile Zero yesterday in his solar-powered car ..."

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News: Canadian sets distance record in solar car

CBC.ca has an article mentioning: "... Toronto native Marcelo da Luz has set a new world distance record by zig-zagging across Canada in his solar-powered car ..."

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News: Second look at first rock from the sun

Christian Science Monitor has an article mentioning: "... sun’s light as a kind of “wind” to help make small course changes as it closes in out its quarry. Although the craft carries no solar sail, this pressure is significant enough in Mercury's vicinity to allow the craft itself to serve as a substitute sail ..."

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News: Man claims solar-powered distance record

Canoe.ca has an article mentioning: "... VICTORIA — A Canadian man has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than an automobile ..."

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News: Canadian sets record in solar-powered car

Globe and Mail has an article mentioning: "... A Canadian has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than a car ..."

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News: Canadian man claims solar-powered distance record in space-age vehicle

The Canadian Press has an article mentioning: "... VICTORIA, B.C. — A Canadian man has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than an automobile ..."

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News: SOLAR CAR ARRIVES IN VICTORIA: SETS NEW RECORD

C-FAX 1070 has an article mentioning: "... MARCELLO DA LUZ ARRIVED THURSDAY MORNING AT VICTORIA'S MILE ZERO IN HIS SINGLE-SEAT, "POWER OF ONE" SOLAR CAR ..."

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News: Australian solar technology to power Chinese shipping

Transport and Logistics News has an article mentioning: "... Solar Sailor's technology consists of wing-shaped solar panels fitted to vessels ..."

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News: Cheap Solar-Powered Car Introduced in China

PSFK has an article mentioning: "... and now we see this trend moving to the development of solar-powered cars.  This month, a low-cost, solar-driven mini car was introduced at the Zhejiang International Bicycles and Electric-powered Cars ..."

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News: Solar car sharing scheme launched

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... The organisation, which works in a similar manner to green car clubs here in the UK such as CityCar and WhizzGo, will receive electricity from solar-powered recharging stations. The electricity is passed on to the hubs which are based by a local Co-Operative store and by a light rail station ..."

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News: Electric cars should be the focus

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Solar car sharing scheme launched'>Solar car sharing scheme launched ..."

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News: Cargo ships to sail solar

Sydney Morning Herald has an article mentioning: "... The Chatswood-based Solar Sailor group has designed the sails, which can be retro-fitted to existing tankers ..."

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News: Creativity Fuels Eco-Friendly Race

findingDulcinea has an article mentioning: "... Mile Race, Sri Chinmoy race, Sri Chinmoy, cockroach races, beer race, giant Madagascar hissing cockroaches, Panasonic World Solar Challenge, solar car race, solar-powered cars, Shipyard Labs ..."

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News: Nerd Girls design solar powered car for seven-day race across ...

Tufts Daily has an article mentioning: "... Nerd Girls, a group of female engineers at Tufts, made progress over the summer in designing and building a solar car that they will race across Australia next October in the 2009 World Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Dow Corning Launch Science Day Program for Children - "Fascinating ...

Azom.com has an article mentioning: "... The program includes five hands-on silicone-related experiments: “Mini Solar Car”, “Tissue Coating,” “Waterproofing Stone,” “Silicone Rubber” and “DIY Cream Mix,” In ..."

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News: Japanese clinch inaugural SA solar race title

Creamer Media's Engineering News has an article mentioning: "... This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: the Japanese win the South African solar car challenge, the upgraded ConRoast smelter ..."

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News: Husqvarna's solar-powered Automower headed to the US

engadget has an article mentioning: "... Chinese-made solar-powered car gets 150 kilometers on a 30-hour charge ..."

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News: The Tech Museum of Innovation Announces Winners of the UCanTu ...

MarketWatch has an article mentioning: "... created by Tristan Watts-Willis, Ben Newton, Andrew Brown, and Maxwell Strog. Terran Solar Boat is based on the Solar Sailor project, showcasing the multiple ways solar power and renewable energy sources can be used in ..."

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News: China goes solar

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... with its range of electric cars and now China is ready to bring into practice one of the cleanest possible ways of powering transportation - with a solar powered electric car ..."

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News: Premier Power Installs Nation's Largest Bi-Directional Solar Trackers

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... of the nation's largest ''Bi-Directional Solar Trackers''. The solar installation designed, engineered and integrated by Premier Power uses over 50 solar planes on a single solar array ..."

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News: Solar Energy Powers More Vehicles as Gasoline Use Drops

Seeking Alpha has an article mentioning: "... The U.S. Marine Corp at Camp Pendleton, during my last visit, showed me an 8-station solar car port that they use to charge their 320 light-electric vehicles. Petroleum fuel is a multi-billion dollar part of the U.S. Defense budget ..."

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News: BANGLADESH: A floating future

IRINnews.org has an article mentioning: "... in an intense 15-minute downpour. The rain elicits more giggles from the children, who scamper for refuge under the trees lining the bank. Then a solar-powered boat with a sign "Nauka [Boat] School ..."

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News: Ratepayers savings seen in solar powered lighting

ABC Regional Online has an article mentioning: "... Ted Shepherd has called for the installation of solar-powered car park lights at a Mudgeeraba Shopping Centre ..."

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News: Solar Powers more Vehicles as Gasoline use Drops

Cleantech Blog has an article mentioning: "... The U.S. Marine Corp at Camp Pendleton, during my last visit, showed me an 8-station solar car port that they use to charge their 320 light-electric vehicles. Petroleum fuel is a multi-billion dollar part of the U.S. Defense ..."

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News: Auto show focuses on antiques, alternatives

New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... to have some steam-engine cars, which will be parked next to GM's hydrogen-fuel-cell car, the Equinox," he said, "and New Britain High School's solar car ..."

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News: Bailout czar Kashkari trains engineer's eye on bank chaos

Arizona Daily Star has an article mentioning: "... As a graduate student, he was the team leader for the mechanical-engineering component of a solar-powered car the school entered in the 1997 Sunrayce, a solar-powered vehicle race from Indiana to Colorado. About 30 to 40 U of I students ..."

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News: Solar powered circumnavigation planned

Power Boat - World has an article mentioning: "... The biggest solar boat of the world will begin its world tour in 2010, with a new design. A village, in the form of an exhibition will accompany this first ..."

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News: The rapid rise of bailout czar Kashkari

SunJournal.com has an article mentioning: "... As a graduate student, he was the team leader for the mechanical engineering component of a solar-powered car the school entered in the 1997 Sunrayce, a solar-powered vehicle race from Indiana to Colorado. About 30 to 40 U of I students ..."

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News: Good and Bad news for the Electric Car

Tom's Guide has an article mentioning: "... and Bad news for the Electric Car'; digg_bodytext = 'While a Chinese company reveals its sub-$6,000 solar-electric car, Tesla fires 90 percent of its Detroit operations ..."

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News: Solar tour encourages community to conserve

Gainesville Sun has an article mentioning: "... South Plantation High School from Fort Lauderdale displayed its solar car, the Solar Knight II, which won third place at the Texas Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge in July ..."

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News: Professor exciting students on using alternative energy

Citizens Voice has an article mentioning: "... knowledge learned from each course to work toward an end goal. That’s why the last few years, he had his students work on projects — a solar-powered car, a lightweight airplane, and a wind turbine ..."

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News: Chinese-made solar-powered car gets 150 kilometers on a 30-hour charge

engadget has an article mentioning: "... for that matter, but this solar-powered car built by China's Zhejiang 001 Group is pretty impressive in its own right, both for its price (just $5,560), and it's efficiency ..."

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News: Solar-powered Chinese car travels 93 miles per 30-hour charge

CrunchGear has an article mentioning: "... a solar-powered car that costs some $5,500—more than reasonable for any car, let alone one that’s partially fueld by our own local star ..."

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News: Solar car promotes clean energy

Williams Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz passed through the city this month with his solar-electric car that he drove from Buffalo, New York to the Artic Circle. The Lakers Car Club showed its support by donating $1,000 to help him ..."

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News: Chinese Company Unveils Solar-Powered Car for $5560

Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Chinese Company Unveils Solar-Powered Car for ..."

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News: Real Economy Report

Creamer Media's Engineering News has an article mentioning: "... Earlier this month South Africans from Johannesburg to Cape Town were treated to a sight they haven't seen before - six solar cars competing in Africa's first ever solar challenge. Irma Venter has the story ..."

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News: It's solar powered, and student-powered as well

New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... NEW BRITAIN - A dozen New Britain High School built a 13-foot solar-powered car, and six took it to Texas in July to compete in the Dell Winston Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Solar Powered Car Takes 10 Days to Charge

Earth2Tech has an article mentioning: "... a sun-powered vehicle that was making an around-the-world road trip to promote clean energy, has to pull a 6-square-meter solar panel trailer behind it ..."

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News: Solar sail to ride the sunbeams

Cnet Asia has an article mentioning: "... rendition, will use an exotic fuel to travel through space: sunbeams. Photons from the sun are captured by a large pinwheel structure known as a solar sail ..."

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News: The £3000 solar-powered GPz900R

Visordown.com has an article mentioning: "... The owner, Kyle Dansie, of Utah-based company ZEVUtah, purchased a defunct old Kawasaki Ninja from eBay for £250 and transformed it into a solar-powered vehicle capable of hitting 55 mph with a 50 mile range ..."

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News: MIT Museum glows with promise of future energy

MIT News has an article mentioning: "... is being sold only in California, along with two different versions of custom cars built by the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle team. The team's original solar car has competed in past solar car races, and a newer version is in the process of being finished in preparation for a trans-Australia solar ..."

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News: SAN FRANCISCO 49ers PARTNER WITH PG&E TO CELEBRATE SOLAR POWER AT ...

SanFranciscoSentinel.com has an article mentioning: "... the ribbon and kick off their exploration of solar science and energy education. Several 49ers players will team up with the students as they race solar cars, play energy games, and create solar crafts ..."

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News: 40 Student Projects Displayed to PublicAt MIT Energy Night

The MIT Tech has an article mentioning: "... Meanwhile, the Solar Electric Vehicle Team, first organized in 1985, designed a solar-powered vehicle of their own. Team president Michael P. Roberts '11, a mechanical engineering major, said that they expect their most recent ..."

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News: Chinese company produces 1st solar-powered car

China Internet Information Center| has an article mentioning: "... One of China's first group of solar-powered cars went on display last Friday at the 29th Zhejiang International Bicycles and Electric-powered Cars Exhibition in Hangzhou, eastern ..."

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News: Interest in solar car drives outreach day

Sturgis Journal has an article mentioning: "... Sunseeker is Western Michigan University’s solar powered race car. Each vehicle is designed, assembled and maintained by students ..."

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News: How the Philippines Can Be a Solar Power

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... that end up generating high-purity water [up to 16 liters a day] from moisture in the air. Another school, De La Salle University, built a solar car called SINAG that used SunPower solar cells ..."

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News: The rapid rise of bailout czar

Chicago Tribune has an article mentioning: "... As a graduate student, he was the team leader for the mechanical engineering component of a solar-powered car the school entered in the 1997 Sunrayce, a solar-powered vehicle race from Indiana to Colorado. About 30 to 40 U. of I ..."

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News: South Africa Sees Its First Solar Car Race

EcoWorldly has an article mentioning: "... solar car race, which ended at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria this week. Solar car races are by no means new, but this is the first time one has been ..."

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News: First African-Made Electric Car Debuts at Paris Motor Show

EcoWorldly has an article mentioning: "... South Africa Sees Its First Solar Car Race : EcoWorldly ..."

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News: Neel Kashkari: A Portrait of the $700 Billion Man as a Young Banker

Wall Street Journal Blogs has an article mentioning: "... presenting complicated ideas and leading team projects that depend on gaining cooperation from others. Those include the Sunrayce project to build a solar car as well as his work on the space telescope. “Neel is just plain good, with a high standard of ethics,” said Dr. Surinder ..."

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News: NDC grad white-hatted

High River Times has an article mentioning: "... Calgary whose solar powered car placed sixth overall with a time of ..."

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News: Technical Details About the Solar Car from India

CarTradeIndia.com has an article mentioning: "... The Solar car built by a group of some 20 students from Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology is representing India in the South Africa Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Morocco Backs Quantum and German Solar Partner Asola in Their ...

RedOrbit 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 ..."

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News: Bright end for SA's inaugural solar race

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... The final leg of the race saw five solar-powered vehicles glide down the N4 from Ermelo, Mpumalanga, to the capital, bringing to an end the gruelling 4 200km challenge ..."

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News: Solar-powered car for S. African Solar Challenge 2008

Wheels Unplugged - Indis'a Automobile Magazine has an article mentioning: "... from solar energy and would also be representing India (with their model) at the upcoming 'South Africa Solar Challenge', a unique competition in solar-powered cars. The car developed by the Delhi-based institute, is also the cheapest model among all the participants, as revealed by sources ..."

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News: Jump-Starting the Solar Car

EcoWorldly has an article mentioning: "... In recent years, I hear more and more about developments on solar cars. I also hear frequently about solar car races ..."

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News: Local entry holds own in solar car race

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... with a giant school blackboard strapped to the roof, but "The Flying Brick" looks set to become the winning local entry in South Africa's first solar car race ..."

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News: Running on Sunshine

ITWeb has an article mentioning: "... come and the competitors are embarking on South Africa's first Solar Challenge. The South African Solar Challenge 2008 is an epic, two-week race in solar-powered cars through the length and breadth of South Africa. Teams have built their own cars, designed their own engineering systems and are now ..."

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News: Find Daily Online Shopping & Automobile Industry News - Reviews ...

Infibeam has an article mentioning: "... NSIT students develop cheapest solar car ..."

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News: Seeing The Universe From Hawaii

Space Daily has an article mentioning: "... Here is one example of these advances: the Keck Observatory is one of the world centers for the search for extrasolar planets. It was not many years ago that research in this field was a subject without subject matter ..."

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News: Review: Solar Sails

The Space Review has an article mentioning: "... Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel ..."

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News: Solar Car from India

CarTradeIndia.com has an article mentioning: "... car that run on alternative fuel technology. They used electricity as their fuel source and the car needs to be charged with electric power. This solar car has an inverted tail dragon design and meets all the parameters of the competition. It runs at a stop speed of 50kmph and can run at a ..."

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News: Solar car at Univ. of Kentucky made possible by more than $1 ...

Bowling Green News has an article mentioning: "... Laughing, the governor pressed the accelerator and drove down Administration Drive, flanked by the solar car team and a horde of photographers ..."

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News: Students develop cheapest solar car model

Hindu has an article mentioning: "... New Delhi (PTI): A group of students from a city based institute, who have developed a solar car, are representing India at The South Africa Solar Challenge, a unique competition in solar-powered cars ..."

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News: From the Executive Director Seeing the Universe from Hawaii

The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... Here is one example of these advances: the Keck Observatory is one of the world centers for the search for extrasolar planets. It was not many years ago that research in this field was a subject without subject matter. Scientists speculated about the existence ..."

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News: Solar-electric car generates power and excitement

Salt Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... nbsp; Whatever the reason, solar-electric cars seem to have a growing appeal ..."

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News: WEB EXTRA: Solar-powered car makes a stop in Williams Lake

Williams Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... It was, in fact, Toronto-based Marcelo da Luz's solar-powered car. He stopped in he city as part of a trip to both foster awareness of alternative energy, and to test his machine, nine years in the ..."

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News: Tap students' hidden talents, Kalam to teachers

Express Buzz has an article mentioning: "... Citing a solar-powered car, designed by the students of a Canadian university, and a robotic car, designed by the students of a university in Germany, Kalam ..."

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News: Spacecraft to image unseen side of Mercury

New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... The manoeuvre makes Messenger the first interplanetary craft to use solar sailing to control its trajectory, says Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Messenger's guidance lead at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ..."

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News: Solar-powered race team bogged down

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... It was supposed to be an exciting two-week race across the country in solar-powered cars in the first South African Solar Challenge, but an Indian team has been bogged down before the start ..."

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News: Md. scientists prepare for fresh look at Mercury

Baltimore Sun has an article mentioning: "... By adjusting the orientation of the spacecraft and its solar panels over several months, "solar sailors ..."

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News: Solar cars race in SA

iAfrica.com has an article mentioning: "... Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said on ..."

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News: SA hosts solar-powered race

Wheels24.co.za has an article mentioning: "... Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said ..."

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News: Alternative fuels: is the price finally right?

ABS CBN News has an article mentioning: "... The same is true with solar-powered cars. The technology is out there. An example is Sinag, the prototype, solar-powered car developed by students of the De la Salle ..."

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News: Solar powered cars race in South Africa

AFP has an article mentioning: "... CAPE TOWN (AFP) — Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said ..."

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