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TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... The cars’ batteries are charged using a 4kW solar array that has been installed at the company’s headquarters in Colchester. The solar-powered vehicles now boast increased mileage in neighbourhood driving conditions of 100mpg ..."
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Fairfield Champion has an article mentioning: "... Johns Park High School are celebrating back-to-back wins after their solar speed boat was found to be the quickest at the annual state and national Solar Boat Challenge finals ..."
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AutoWeek has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered carts will be the ride of choice at Universal Studios ..."
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Warrnambool Standard has an article mentioning: "... The guys have worked very hard on the solar cars so to be part of a competition with other schools is a great experience for them ..."
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environmentalresearchweb (registration) has an article mentioning: "... Passengers will arrive at the platform on a solar-powered boat, before embarking on their solar-powered submarine trip. Up to 24 passengers can be accommodated and the submarine will dive ..."
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Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... Well, we've heard about solar-powered cars, and airplanes, and even trains, but a submarine running on solar energy? Why not, ask the scientists who started Project Goldfish ..."
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Orange Central Western Daily has an article mentioning: "... The students, three from year 10 and one from year nine, will travel to Bathurst on Friday, November 28 to race in the Solar Car Challenge ..."
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Coventry Telegraph has an article mentioning: "... http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2008/11/21/warwick-university-s-solar-powered-car-on-final-leg-of-world-trip ..."
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Globe and Mail has an article mentioning: "... It cost him his life savings. It ended a relationship. But Marcelo da Luz's passion for solar-powered cars culminated in a Guinness World Record. Patrick White reports ..."
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guardian.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Asbeck said his aim is to transform Opel from a producer of high-emission cars to one of more energy-efficient vehicles, including solar-powered cars, or what he refers to as "sunmotive concept ..."
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CNET News has an article mentioning: "... SolarWord's first race car was developed for an Australian solar-powered car race by student engineers from the German university Hochschule Bochum ..."
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Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... A major problem faced by the international team of scientists working on the program was night flight. Seeing how solar vehicles are regularly dependent on the Sun to function, driving a solar car, or flying a solar plane, at night can be very difficult. But the ..."
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MarketWatch has an article mentioning: "... Bariven S.A. Upgrades Venezuela's Airport De Guiria With Solar-Powered Aviation Lights From Carmanah Technologies ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... around the world is now one step closer to reality. A 1500 kilogram solar plane dubbed ..."
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Science Centric has an article mentioning: "... An academic in conjunction with the Student Branch of the IEEE at the University of Southampton plans to enter a solar-powered boat in the world championship of intercollegiate solar/electric boating next year ..."
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Greenbang has an article mentioning: "... Chinese shipping firm Cosco has signed a deal with Aussie company Solar Sailor for sails covered in solar panels that provide five per cent of the ship’s electricity. The company claims the sails will also ..."
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Stawell Times News has an article mentioning: "... The hard work of Stawell West Primary School's grade three and four students paid off when the solar boats they constructed motored through their paces ..."
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Eureka has an article mentioning: "... A team from Southampton University intends to be the first UK team to enter the US "Solar Splash" based competition for solar powered boats ..."
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NBC Washington has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer's solar car needs no gas, only sun, to operate ..."
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Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... A solar powered plane trip around the world may soon leave the realms of science fiction and become reality. 'Solar Impulse', a 1500 kilogram solar ..."
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Zee News has an article mentioning: "... Jaipur, Nov 16: 'Solarimplse,' a solar plane, dubbed a revolutionary project in the field of aviation, will have its first test flight April next year in Switzerland, an officer ..."
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News.gov.hk has an article mentioning: "... Last November he led the departmental design team in producing a solar car for participation in the 2007 Hong Kong Renewable Energy Car Technology Showcase and Design Competition organised by Hong Kong Science & ..."
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Lanka Newspapers has an article mentioning: "... that is where govt subsidies are needed or at least govt fleets should be solar cars then the cost of production goes down ..."
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Morehead News has an article mentioning: "... The University of Kentucky (UK) student Solar Team arrived to Guardian Automotive Plant Tuesday with the solar car from the North American Solar Challenge ..."
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Gizmodo Australia has an article mentioning: "... It's a solar-powered vehicle, so its covered in solar panels. But when you stop for a breather, the panels fan out, increasing their surface area and helping ..."
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DVICE has an article mentioning: "... to cover even the shipping costs for the selling price. Now China's biggest shipping company COSCO is giving us a clue. They just signed a deal with Solar Sailor of Australia, to fit some of their cargo ships with gigantic rigid sails, each the size of a 747 jet's wing. We've looked before at ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... Toronto native Marcelo da Luz had the distinction of setting the world record for the longest distance traveled in a solar car when he rolled into Victoria, British Columbia this week. However he doesn't intend to stop at surpassing the previous record by a mere ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... They make a perfect solar vehicle runabout for speeds of 35 mph or less and a range of up to 55 miles. However vehicles require the addition of seat belts and turn ..."
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Radio World has an article mentioning: "... from the University of Minnesota's engineering department participated in the North American Solar Challenge, in which teams compete to build solar-powered cars; the annual ..."
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CNN International has an article mentioning: "... Solar sails are large solar-paneled wings which can harness sun or wind power ..."
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Penrith City Star has an article mentioning: "... THE third annual Australia's International Solar Boat Challenge will be held at the International Regatta Centre, Penrith Lakes on Saturday, November ..."
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abc13.com has an article mentioning: "... Expo at Stewart Elementary School in Kemah. The day featured a variety of hands on activities including cooking nachos in solar ovens and races with solar cars and solar crabs ..."
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Leamington Post has an article mentioning: "... more about the sources, technology and importance of conserving renewable energy, he said, and give the students the opportunity to take part in solar car experiments, use a spectrometer to measure light energy, learn how a photovoltaic cell works and the advantages of renewable and ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... A Canadian man set a world distance record in his solar car this week. Marcelo da Luz and his ..."
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Leamington Post has an article mentioning: "... Grade 5 students from Mill Street Public School get ready to race while MP Pay Hoy (far right) tries to figure out why his solar powered car won't work. The students were participating in the first solar powered activities now at Hillman Marsh. Local politicians were on ..."
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Penrith City Star has an article mentioning: "... home ground advantage to full effect on Saturday, dictating the terms at the Sydney International Regatta Centre to reign supreme at the National Solar Boat Challenge ..."
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Windsor Star has an article mentioning: "... The educational program also includes a solar car experiment, which allows visitors to take apart, assemble and use solar-powered vehicles ..."
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Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... View post The Xof1 Solar Vehicle Breaks World Distance Record ..."
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Electronics News has an article mentioning: "... Sunswift is a multidisciplinary student project in designing, building, and racing in the cutting edge world of solar cars. Particularly, electrical engineering and computing students who have learnt about microcontroller theory in their coursework are eager to ..."
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AZoBuild has an article mentioning: "... plan on climate change and renewable energy and taught the students about solar energy through a hands-on project of building and racing miniature solar-powered cars ..."
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Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... for normal car tyres. This means to move a 1000 kilogram vehicle on a smooth flat surface would require a push force of 2.5 kg in the case of the solar powered car; compared to 11 to 13 kilograms for a 1000 kilogram car using a regular tire ..."
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Williams Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... POWER OF ONE Marcelo da Luz, who recently stopped by the Tourism Discovery Centre, was to beat the world distance record Friday after driving his solar car 16,070 kilometres from Toronto to the Arctic Circle and south to Victoria, B.C ..."
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Winchester Star has an article mentioning: "... lt;b>Photo by Staff photo by Eric Tsetsi</b><br />Michaela Eichel, 5, of Winchester, designs her own solar powered car during the Eco Festival on Saturday ..."
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Sault Star has an article mentioning: "... 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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