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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Solar Impulse, Europe's long-range solar-powered plane project which could one day change the landscape of aviation industry, needs another 25 million euro ..."
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New York Times (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Beautiful Earth Group, a solar and wind farm company, built this solar-powered car charging station for its electric Mini ..."
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Siliconindia.com has an article mentioning: "... Bangalore: Indian engineers are showing a keen interest in becoming a part of the solar-powered aircraft that is expected to fly around the world both during the day and at night without fuel and without polluting the environment ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... LightSail - The Future of Solar Sailing ..."
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OCRegister has an article mentioning: "... engineering students are sailing ahead with a $250 donation from Fullerton attorney Marty Burbank to buy paint and finishing supplies for their solar boat project in the 2010 Metropolitan Water District Solar Cup competition ..."
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Destin Log has an article mentioning: "... Matthew Markham, 10, built a solar-powered car that actually works in addition to his solar house. He cut out a picture of McGill from The Log, taped it to the car and named it ..."
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Denver Post has an article mentioning: "... IPTC: Solar Impulse HB-SIA, a solar-powered airplane, prepares to "flea hop ..."
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Search-Autoparts.com has an article mentioning: "... Henkel sponsors University of Michigan solar car team ..."
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London Free Press has an article mentioning: "... GENEVA — A team hoping to carry out the first solar-powered flight around the world in 2012 say they plan to conduct their first short flight with a prototype Thursday ..."
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Radio Netherlands has an article mentioning: "... Payerne airforce field in western Switzerland, where the solar panels will be installed. Sometime next year, the aircraft will take its first solar flight. Mr. Piccard says the aircraft may never have commericial applications but is still a worthwhile venture ..."
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Times Herald-Record has an article mentioning: "... Members of the SUNY New Paltz Solar Car Club get ready to lift the shell off the wheel base to check out a new frame last week. From left are Ray Williams, Andrew Crimmins ..."
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Environmental Transport Association has an article mentioning: "... The world's first solar-powered aircraft made its first hop into the air during testing last week, but the technology will not be widespread in time to meet emissions ..."
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The Business Insider has an article mentioning: "... Man has achieved solar powered flight, and coincidentally, perhaps suspiciously, on the first day of the climate change talks in Copenhagen ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... The world's first solar powered aeroplane has taken off and cruised for 350 meters before landing again. Its payload was the pilot Markus Scherdel, making it the ..."
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Ecofriend (blog) has an article mentioning: "... climate change awareness, after a 23-hour ride from Sydney to Ballarat last year that raised $8000. The grueling race is already underway and the solar-powered bike is expected to reach Melbourne December ..."
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TG Daily has an article mentioning: "... general-sciences-features/44927-captain-piccard-flies-solar-powered-plane ..."
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Emea nieuws netwerk (persbericht) has an article mentioning: "... This is a benchmark setting solar journey involving pure solar boats on inland and coastal waterways and real practical solar vehicles on the public road ..."
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Gather.com has an article mentioning: "... After this flight, Solar Impulse will make its first "solar flight". From early 2010 onwards, it will be possible for the batteries to be recharged during the flight, from the plane's solar panels, which ..."
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NewsFactor Network has an article mentioning: "... the need for alternative fuel has been a must for every form of transportation. And this week, a major milestone was hit in the direction of solar powered flight. Now, it was only a meter high, but that’s still flight. Bertrand Piccard, founder of Solar Impulse, was the lucky guy to ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... solar powered plane back in 2005 as the solar plane with plans to circle the globe in 2011. Now they're back in 2009 with a manned solar aircraft that ..."
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UNM Today has an article mentioning: "... The Public Service Company of New Mexico has donated $25,000 to the Solar Car team at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the UNM School of Engineering. The money will be used to buy electrical ..."
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findingDulcinea has an article mentioning: "... Airplane Has Liftoff&bodytext=Solar Impulse, a solar-powered aircraft, made history this week by becoming the first manned solar plane to take off using it’s own power ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... NASA, Industry Partners Complete Tests of Solar Sails ..."
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iTWire has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered airplane is run with batteries, uses the Sun for power, and is only as heavy as a medium size car but as wide as a jet airplane. And, it ..."
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Nature.com has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered plane which its developers hope will one day fly around the world. On 3 December test pilot Markus Scherdel ..."
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TopNews United States has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer unveils ‘Solar Impulse' - prototype for sun-powered plane ..."
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Discover Magazine has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Solar Planes That Aren’t Solar, Nano Snowmen That Aren’t Snow ..."
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GreenPacks (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Solar Plane Breaks Record: 83-hours of Flight'>Solar Plane Breaks Record: 83-hours of Flight ..."
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Straits Times has an article mentioning: "... Despite its wingspan, the aircraft only weighs 1,600kg, about as much as a medium-sized car. Although the prototype is fitted up for solar-powered flight, the four electric motors were powered by batteries for the occasion ..."
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Biofuels Watch has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg must be very proud. The promotors of the solar plane project reported that their ..."
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World Radio Switzerland has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who wants to make the first ever sun-powered global flight with the airplane, said this flight confirmed the choice of technical equipment ..."
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Times Online (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard's amazing sun-powered aircraft ..."
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Times Online has an article mentioning: "... Hopes that aircraft could one day be kept in the air by solar energy were boosted yesterday when a giant sun-powered plane left the ground in Switzerland on a brief maiden flight ..."
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Telegraph.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered aeroplane completed a brief maiden flight on Thursday, boosting hopes that aircraft could one day be kept in the air indefinitely by ..."
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TG Daily has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer named Bertrand Piccard has successfully launched and landed an experimental solar-powered plane ..."
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Inhabitat (blog) has an article mentioning: "... sustainable design, green design, green transportation, solar impulse, plane, solar power, solar flight ..."
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Daily Mail has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane bidding to fly round the world makes maiden flight... and gets THREE FEET off the ground ..."
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BBC News has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane ..."
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The Age has an article mentioning: "... THE first flight of a prototype solar-powered plane designed to fly around the world has been pronounced a success ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... For over ten years now, I have dreamt of a solar aircraft capable of flying day and night without fuel†he said in a press release. “Today, our plane took off and was airborne for the very ..."
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Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard unveils solar plane for round-the-clock flights ..."
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BBC News has an article mentioning: "... Only after this flight will the plane make its first 'solar flight' - that is, powered by the solar generators rather than the on-board batteries ..."
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New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... It doesn't look like a flea, but this solar-powered aircraft mimicked one at around 1211Â GMT today. Although ..."
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CNET News has an article mentioning: "... Switzerland's Solar Impulse solar plane has finally taken flight ..."
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The Associated Press has an article mentioning: "... GENEVA — A Swiss adventurer said his first flight using a prototype of a solar-powered plane he will try to fly around the world in was successful ..."
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Popular Science has an article mentioning: "... need of a green makeover. To that end, the folks over at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have been working on a solar-powered plane since 2003. Now, after six years of testing, they have finally managed to ..."
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AFP has an article mentioning: "... Although the prototype is fitted up for solar-powered flight, the four electric motors were powered by batteries for the occasion ..."
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University of Southampton has an article mentioning: "... Solar Splash is the World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating. The competition takes place over five days, with technical inspections on the first day and the remainder of the time occupied by five ..."
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New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... IT DOESN'T look like a flea, but the owners of this solar-powered aircraft hope it will mimic one next week ..."
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Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society recently announced its new LightSail project, a program to sail a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. The new solar sail project was unveiled at an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the birth of Planetary Society co-founder Carl Sagan, a long-time ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... They are also currently building the solar sailor, and hope to launch it at the end of ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Monday launched its second solar car project, Solar Ranger 2, to bring the university's innovation to the World Solar Challenge 2011 (WSC2011) in Australia ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... forming an electronic control module, sensors and cameras, with the third holding the solar sail. After piggyback release from the launcher at 800kms (497miles), the four ..."
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Inventorspot has an article mentioning: "... explains it, a solar sail 'is a spacecraft propelled by sunlight. Whereas a conventional rocket is propelled by the thrust produced by its internal engine burn ..."
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KOHD has an article mentioning: "... local group of high school students working to build a solar car get some inspiration this weekend. The team of teenagers at the Trinity Lutheran School in Bend competed last year with their first ever ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... sun-powered vehicle designed by Turkish students (left) won an award in Australia, while one of Turkey's new high-speed trains derailed. Photos by ..."
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MIT Technology Review (blog) has an article mentioning: "... prototype solar-powered airplane completed several important tests last Thursday and Friday ..."
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Manufacturers' Monthly has an article mentioning: "... Another global leader in its field, Solar Sailor Holdings, is building and supplying a solar sail for the Suntech World Expo tourist boat, due to be launched in time for the World Expo ..."
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Laser Focus World Magazine has an article mentioning: "... was unveiled at an event on Capitol Hill on the 75th anniversary of the birth of Planetary Society co-founder Carl Sagan, a long-time advocate of solar sailing ..."
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Digitaltrends.com has an article mentioning: "... Solar Impulse's solar-powered plane has completed initial tests and will see its first test flight in February of ..."
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DailyTech has an article mentioning: "... Captain Piccard Prepares to Take Flight in High-Tech Solar Plane ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... just got a little closer to realizing the possibility of being the first solar plane to navigate around the world. The 3,527lb (1,600kg) solar plane recently completed runway tests in Switzerland when it achieved 10 knots ..."
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Monsters and Critics.com has an article mentioning: "... Kiel, Germany - The world\'s largest solar-powered boat, PlanetSolar, will not have sails. Instead of wind it will rely on the power of the sun to circumnavigate the world in 140 days ..."
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Reuters has an article mentioning: "... In 2003 he and the Solar Impulse Foundation announced their intention to fly a Solar Powered Plane around the world. In 2007, they started to build it ..."
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Sustainablog (blog) has an article mentioning: "... solar boat ..."
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Metro Canada - Calgary has an article mentioning: "... Team members from the University of Calgary's solar car team unveil their new solar race car in Calgary yesterday, which will compete in the 2010 American Solar Challenge ..."
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SatNews Publishers has an article mentioning: "... QinetiQ's Zephyr UAS Solar Powered Flight A 'Yes' In Yuma ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... announced their intention to fly a Solar Powered Plane around the world. In 2007, they started to build it ..."
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CCTV has an article mentioning: "... car wash service in his community. The service was provided by college graduate Zhang and his two friends, who invented their own "mobile solar-powered car washing machine ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... life? Bill Nye returns to his regular commentary while Bruce Betts joins Mat Kaplan for a What's Up! night sky tour, the awarding of a Cosmos 1 Solar Sail jacket, and a ..."
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Inhabitat (blog) has an article mentioning: "... sustainable design, green design, solar powered airplane, alternative energy, renewable energy, solar impulse, solar power, aircraft, airplane ..."
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CTV.ca has an article mentioning: "... Team members from the University of Calgary's solar car team unveil their new solar race car in Calgary, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 which will compete in the 2010 American Solar Challenge. (Jeff ..."
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CMU The Tartan Online has an article mentioning: "... Pictured is a solar sail inside a vacuum chamber, which will be tested to see if it can withstand the conditions of outer space. Solar sails will use the energy ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... Solar Plane Flies Longer Than Any Other ..."
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Business Green has an article mentioning: "... prototype of the world's first solar-powered aeroplane had its initial runway outing yesterday in Switzerland, hitting speeds of up to five knots and covering 2km ..."
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News In Tech (blog) has an article mentioning: "... It has been revealed that the debut flight of the world's first solar powered plane will take place in February, with initial checks beginning to take place. The Solar Impulse plane, which is due to attempt a ..."
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BBC News has an article mentioning: "... The prototype of a solar-powered plane destined for a record round-the-world journey will make its first trip across a runway on Thursday and Friday ..."
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OSU - The Lantern has an article mentioning: "... OSU students from across multiple disciplines are teaming up to give the kids at Camp Mary Orton some brand-new toys: solar-powered cars ..."
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San Gabriel Valley Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Monte High students and students across the Valley do have an opportunity to get their hands dirty after class through a program to build and race solar-powered boats ..."
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The Space Review has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society hopes to launch LightSail-1, the first in a three-spacecraft series of solar sail missions, as soon as late 2010. (credit: The Planetary Society ..."
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Opelika Auburn News has an article mentioning: "... Although Bhavnani has built a solar house and several solar cars while at AU, he said relying 100 percent on solar energy will not work ..."
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ABC News has an article mentioning: "... Dream of Solar Sailing in Space Lives on in New Project ..."
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Hamilton College The Spectator has an article mentioning: "... Experimental Solar Sail Could Herald a New Age of Space Exploration ..."
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Quality Magazine has an article mentioning: "... The World Solar Challenge is the premier solar car event. In addition to three other U.S.-based teams, the race included entrants from nine other countries from around the world ..."
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DailyTech has an article mentioning: "... The solar sail will unfold once in orbit and hopefully catch the sun's light, helping it to acclerate ..."
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Malaysia Star has an article mentioning: "... Solar powered car, 'Tokai Challenger' from Japan's Tokai University won the ninth edition of the World Solar Challenge 2009 that ended here Saturday ..."
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MetalMiner has an article mentioning: "... and beta particle radiation detectors as a light-tight radiation window, but being used experimentally in a privately funded project to create a solar sail ..."
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Laser Focus World Magazine has an article mentioning: "... OSA Student Chapter Solar Car Races (photos courtesy Nikolay Makarov ..."
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Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society has again announced plans of testing a solar sail prototype, which it hopes to have built in a spacecraft, and then launched by the end of next year. The mission would essentially attempt ..."
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Today's Zaman has an article mentioning: "... TÜ students' solar-powered automobile ARIBA IV received the Best Newcomer award in Australia ..."
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Scientific American has an article mentioning: "... exert a force on the sail surface, gently accelerating the spacecraft to potentially great speed over time. The Planetary Society estimates that a solar sail could speed a spacecraft to more than 200,000 kilometers per hour in three years' time ..."
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Christian Science Monitor has an article mentioning: "... An artists rendering of a solar sail is shown in this undated publicity image from The Planetary Society released to Reuters. Backers of a failed mission to launch the ..."
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New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... to demonstrate the viability of solar sail propulsion, which has ..."
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Renewable Energy Focus has an article mentioning: "... Solar Team Twente will use advanced composite materials from TenCate for its solar powered car, which will participate in the 10th World Solar Challenge in Australia on 25-31 October ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... Create Your Own Custom Solar Car and Win $1,000 USD from Kia ..."
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Discover Magazine has an article mentioning: "... if all goes well, and will be followed by two others, which may venture farther. Sagan was a founder of the Planetary Society and a big booster of solar sail plans ..."
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Spaceflight Now has an article mentioning: "... Next year promises to be a banner year for solar sailing, with at least two experimental missions due for launch to demonstrate the novel use of light pressure from the sun for propulsion in ..."
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Sail World has an article mentioning: "... http://www.sail-world.com/photos/Alt_Ikaros - solar sail from Japan.jpg ..."
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Daily Contributor has an article mentioning: "... Switzerland bids to be the first to produce a solar powered airplane that can travel around the world. Solar Impulse unveiled the prototype in an airbase hangar near Zurich ..."
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Inhabitat (blog) has an article mentioning: "... into space that will be propelled by solar sails. The mylar-winged vessel will carry not a drop of fuel (making it much lighter than contemporary space craft) and will be the first in a ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... The first Solar Sail spacecraft met an untimely end, crashing into the ocean instead of making it into orbit. But now, in 2010, a new, improved version of that ..."
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Space.com has an article mentioning: "... An artist's concept of a sailing ship and a solar sail. Credit: NASA ..."
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Cooler Planet has an article mentioning: "... LightSail-1 is not the first Planetary Society solar sail project. In 2005, the group launched a prototype attached to a Russian rocket - but the rocket failed and crashed into the Barents Sea ..."
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Sky News Australia has an article mentioning: "... Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit the Planetary Society has announced that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... The first time the society attempted to launch a solar sail five years ago, it fell short of its orbital target and landed in the ocean ..."
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Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... Japan's Tokai Challenger solar vehicle has taken victory in the Global Green Challenge ..."
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Winston-Salem Journal has an article mentioning: "... Group will try again to send a solar sail into space ..."
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USA Today has an article mentioning: "... Setting sail for space, a 'solar sail' project announced Monday aims to observe storms on the sun ..."
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The Associated Press has an article mentioning: "... LOS ANGELES — Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a ..."
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Examiner.com has an article mentioning: "... make a logical addition. A solar sail is exactly what it sounds like: a sheet of material propelled through interplanetary space by the solar wind in much the same way ships ..."
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Houston Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... The solar sail receives its driving force from the simple fact that light carries not just energy but also momentum. The force on a solar sail is gentle ..."
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phillyBurbs.com has an article mentioning: "... Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a ..."
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TG Daily has an article mentioning: "... An anonymous donor has donated a million dollars to the Planetary Society to help get a solar sail up and running ..."
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The Taiwan Economic News has an article mentioning: "... experience in solar-powered products, the company is well-known for turning out a variety of solar-powered ventilators, including remote array solar car vents, solar car battery rechargers, solar fridge fans, solar flashlights and warning lights, solar auto air coolers, solar-powered ..."
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FOXNews has an article mentioning: "... Some technologies, still in the concept stage, are even more mind-blowing, including spacecraft powered by "solar sails ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... New Project Will Launch Three Separate Solar Sails Over Next Several Years ..."
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Wired.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered plane gears up for round-the-world flight ..."
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Michigan Times has an article mentioning: "... The Infinium is the University of Michigan solar team's newest solar powered car. The car competed against dozens of other solar powered cars in Australia's World Solar Challenge, a 1,800 mile race, in which it ..."
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Expatica Switzerland has an article mentioning: "... Solar Impulse, the first company to attempt a solar-powered flight around the world, introduced its prototype on Friday and started the engines at an airbase near Zurich ..."
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AsiaOne has an article mentioning: "... Nanyang Technological University's Nanyang Venture II has emerged 12th in the just concluded World Solar Challenge in Australia. In all, 31 solar cars from around the world competed in the 3,000km race from Darwin to Adelaide ..."
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The Ann Arbor Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... The New York Times gives an update on the World Solar Challenge, a race of solar-powered vehicles through 1,880 miles of Australia’s outback. The column quotes Steven Durbin, a senior in aerospace engineering and the ..."
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AFP has an article mentioning: "... GENEVA — Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines ..."
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io9 has an article mentioning: "... Future Transportation ecology solar power eco-utopia ectopia solar plane ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... to Piccard, pilot fatigue limitations will break the trip up into several three- to four-day, round-the-clock stages. Batteries will power the solar-powered aircraft at night ..."
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india-server.com has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered plane prototype was rolled out here in Zurich airbase in Switzerland ..."
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Waterloo Record has an article mentioning: "... At some point in their progress, though, the WCI students began to pose the question: Why is it a group of high school kids can make a solar car in their spare time, but the world's big auto companies can't ..."
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Government Technology has an article mentioning: "... Japanese University Wins Solar Car Race Across Australia ..."
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Bundaberg NewsMail has an article mentioning: "... THABEBAN State School students float on a wave of success after taking out the top four positions in the solar boat racing at Maryborough Technology Challenge ..."
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University of Central Florida has an article mentioning: "... UCF is sponsoring an online contest to name its colorful solar vehicle with rooftop solar panels. Submit the best name ..."
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Reuters has an article mentioning: "... Southland High Schools Participating"; var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20091105006365/en Students Build, Race Solar-Powered Boats in Seven-Month Program Highlighting Natural and Renewable Resources LOS ANGELES ..."
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Washington Post has an article mentioning: "... The SolarShop Kelly solar car from Australia starts the World Solar Challenge on Oct. 25. There are 32 purely solar-powered cars from 17 countries participating in a race ..."
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Environmental Transport Association has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered car travels 3,000km on less power than a kettle ..."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article mentioning: "... encodeURIComponent('Principia\'s solar car finishes 7th in race'), 'digg')); return false ..."
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Daily Northwestern has an article mentioning: "... That's because Dziedzic is the captain of NU's Solar Car Team. When he drives the vehicle – which runs off of electricity generated by solar cells – in cross-country races ..."
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Tech-On English has an article mentioning: "... Tokai University announced that it became the overall champion in the solar car category of the 'Global Green Challenge,' one of the world's largest green car races, which took place from Oct 25, 2009, in ..."
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University of Central Florida has an article mentioning: "... http://news.ucf.edu/resources/sites/UCF/content/live/NEWS/1000/NE1943/en_US/solar car profile FULL 345x226.jpg ..."
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Metromode Media has an article mentioning: "... bunch of University of Michigan kids just traveled 1,880 miles through Australia. Not backpacking, however, but powering a solar powered car in an international race. And, as if that wasn't enough, the UM team came up third ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... solar car, with top speeds of 150kph (93.2mph), is equipped with ..."
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GreenPacks has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Kyoto Box, Solar Cardboard Cooker Wins Climate Prize'>Kyoto Box, Solar Cardboard Cooker Wins Climate Prize ..."
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Inhabitat (blog) has an article mentioning: "... And these cars have certainly come a long way from solar vehicles that competed in early challenges: In the inaugural 1987 challenge, the winning vehicle took 44 hours and 54 minutes to travel ..."
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Gizmodo.com has an article mentioning: "... solar world solar challenge solar car cars tokai challenger science solar power ..."
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The Inquisitr has an article mentioning: "... Tokai Challenger - Worlds Fastest Solar Powered Car ..."
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UberGizmo (blog) has an article mentioning: "... upsetting the pecking order that was once dominated by 4-time Dutch champs. They took top spot by making it past the finish line of the 1,864-mile solar car race that was held across Australia, completing the gruelling journey in 29 hours and 49 minutes even on a flat tire, giving it an ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... Solar Sail Team windbreaker in the new What's Up ..."
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AsiaOne has an article mentioning: "... SOLAR car built by a team of 23 engineering students, alumni and staff from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), called Nanyang Venture II ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Merely completing the 3,021-km journey across the simmering Australian outback was a remarkable feat for the solar car of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten), considering that the Solar Ranger started off with an unexpected technical failure in its maiden ..."
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msnbc.com has an article mentioning: "... solar car made by students from Japan\'s Tokai University was on Wednesday named the winner of a race across the Australian outback that aimed to show ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... To qualify as participants in the race, all 32 of the solar-powered cars from 15 countries had to reach Victoria Square before 12 noon Saturday, the seventh day of the race ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... showcasing the best 350 pics from Earth-fans around the globe A solar car chase that'll blow your mind ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... is the world’s pre-eminent solar car race and a proving ground for solar and electric vehicle technology. Some of the world’s most prestigious engineering colleges compete ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Universiti Tenaga Nasional's (Uniten) solar car entered the Australian Southern Territory Thursday, after a gruelling 2,432km journey across the simmering Australian outback since Sunday ..."
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WWJ has an article mentioning: "... For the fourth time in the University of Michigan Solar Car Team's history, the students placed third in a biennial 1,880-mile race across Australia ..."
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Mother Nature Network has an article mentioning: "... was inspired by a cross-Australia run adventurer Hans Tholstrup made in a solar car ..."
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All Cars Electric has an article mentioning: "... place in the premier "challenge class" of the 2009 World Solar Challenge! In an unexpected reversal of fortune the U.S.-based University of Michigan Solar Car Team slipped from a close second place into third, edged out in the final leg of the race by former four-time world champions the Nuon Solar ..."
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AsiaOne has an article mentioning: "... SOLAR car built by Singapore university students is currently in the top 10 in an ongoing international race ..."
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TMCnet has an article mentioning: "... Japan Corporate News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Osaka, Oct 29, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Driving a solar car equipped with Sharp compound solar cells, the Tokai University team won the Global Green Challenge, one of the world's largest solar car ..."
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Electronics Manufacture & Test has an article mentioning: "... Driving a solar car equipped with Sharp compound solar cells, the Tokai University team has won the Global Green Challenge; one of the world's largest solar ..."
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TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... solar car made by students from Japan's Tokai University was announced the winner of the 3,000 km Global Green Challenge ..."
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Tonic has an article mentioning: "... solar car made by students from Japan's Tokai University has won the 1,864-mile biannual race across the Australian outback, which showcases green ..."
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The Age has an article mentioning: "... Shinozuka was the lead driver for the Tokai Challenger car that blitzed the field in this year's 3,021km race for solar powered cars from Darwin to Adelaide ..."
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DutchNews.nl has an article mentioning: "... Nuna5, the solar-powered car built by students at Delft University of Technology, finished this year's World Solar Challenge race across Australia in second ..."
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Shanghai Daily has an article mentioning: "... SOLAR car made by students from Japan's Tokai University yesterday won a 3,000-kilometer race across the Australian outback ..."
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ABC Online has an article mentioning: "... Solar car race heads for Adelaide ..."
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Sky News Australia has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered car from a Japanese university has won a race of more than 1,897 kilometres across Australia to claim victory in a Global Green ..."
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AFP has an article mentioning: "... SYDNEY — A Japanese sun-powered car won the World Solar Challenge on Wednesday after averaging speeds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour in a four-day race ..."
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TIME has an article mentioning: "... that the solar-powered ferries actually save the organization money, private businesses are likely to jump on board. The Australian company Solar Sailor, which designed the new ferries, claims that if oil prices remain high, the boats will start saving the Jockey Club money in only two ..."
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NTDTV has an article mentioning: "... The “Tokai Challenger” reigns supreme in the world of solar racing. It won first place in a 1,800 plus mile solar vehicle race across the Australian outback on Wednesday the 28th. It beat out entries from the U.S. and the Netherlands ..."
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AsiaOne has an article mentioning: "... SYDNEY - A Japanese sun-powered car won the World Solar Challenge on Wednesday after averaging speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour in a four-day race through ..."
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ABC Online has an article mentioning: "... South Australia's combined secondary schools solar car team spent the night in Alice Springs after battling unexpectedly high temperatures ..."
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Brisbane Times has an article mentioning: "... team from Japan's Tokai University extend their lead in a solar car race through the outback ..."
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ABC Online has an article mentioning: "... Japanese solar car has won the Global Green Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide, crossing the finish line this afternoon ..."
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Reuters India has an article mentioning: "... CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - A solar car made by students from Japan's Tokai University was on Wednesday named the winner of a 3,000 km (1,864 miles) race across the Australian ..."
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Monsters and Critics.com has an article mentioning: "... The University of Michigan improved from fifth-place last year, and was expected to take third. Germany\'s Bochum University Solar Car Team, which was sixth last year, was lagging in 13th position ..."
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Sky News has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered car from a Japanese university has won a race of more than 1,800 miles across Australia to claim victory in a Global Green Challenge ..."
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Next Big Future (blog) has an article mentioning: "... rocket) that can get anything to 29% of light speed has military implications. Even moderately advanced VASIMR scale technology and robotic electric solar sails would let you fairly free roam out to near earth asteroids and the asteroid belt. Big rocks could be diverted to crush fixed targets on ..."
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Telegraph.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... The leading cars in this year's Global Green Challenge solar car race have passed the halfway point in their epic 1,864-mile race across some of Australia's harshest terrain from Darwin to ..."
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DutchNews.nl has an article mentioning: "... The solar car built and designed by students from Twente flipped over during the third day of the Darwin to Adelaide World Solar Challenge race on ..."
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Radio Netherlands has an article mentioning: "... The Twente Solar Team is made up of students from Saxion University and the University of Twente. They have spent a whole year building the solar-powered car ..."
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Discover Magazine has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Bizarro Solar Cars Race Across the Australian Outback ..."
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TIME has an article mentioning: "... Kong, demonstrate that the solar-powered ferries actually save money, other private businesses are likely to jump on board. The Australian company Solar Sailor, who designed the new ferries, claims that if oil prices remain high, the boats will start saving the Jockey Club money in only two ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Universiti Tenaga Nasional's (UNITEN) solar car, "Solar Ranger", retained its position at 15th place on the second day of the World Solar Challenge (WSC2009) race across more than 3,0000km ..."
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Sydney Morning Herald has an article mentioning: "... The Nuon team has won the past four solar car events in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 and holds the race record for the 3,000 kilometres across the continent ..."
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Exchange Morning Post has an article mentioning: "... HAMILTON - McMaster University's Solar Car team overcame an electrical fire that damaged part of the car's solar array to qualify for the World Solar Challenge, which began October ..."
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Gizmodo Australia has an article mentioning: "... There are 54 vehicles competing in the challenge, including 37 solar-powered cars and 17 production vehicles. In order to keep the Roadster charged, the team has a generator on the back of a truck, which runs ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... Solar Car Race Revs Up in Australia&bodytext=A 1,860-mile solar car race in Australia started in the city of Darwin on Sunday, organizers announced ..."
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All Cars Electric has an article mentioning: "... Technical University(Netherlands) Nuna V. See the race graphically in real-time here. The Tokai Challenger took first-place at the South African Solar Car Challenge 2008, while the Delft Technical University team has won the World Solar Challenge four times with its Nuna series of racers. The ..."
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Sydney Morning Herald has an article mentioning: "... Leading the way late on Monday was the Tokai University solar car entry Tokai Challenger ..."
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ABC Online has an article mentioning: "... Japanese team has arrived in Alice Springs, leading the 10th World Solar Car Challenge ..."
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World Radio Switzerland has an article mentioning: "... entry in the World Solar Challenge, the world’s toughest test for solar cars, has been forced to withdraw from the race, after it was badly damaged while being transported to Australia ..."
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The South African Star has an article mentioning: "... DARWIN: A 3 000km solar car race across Australia's desert heartland began in the northern city of Darwin yesterday, organisers said. The cars left Darwin in hot and ..."
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Motoring has an article mentioning: "... DISASTER STRIKES: Video footage from the Dutch Nuon team of the crash involving its Nuna 5 solar car during testing in Australia ..."
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AFP has an article mentioning: "... SYDNEY — Japan's Tokai Challenger was on Monday leading a solar car race across the harsh Australian Outback, having covered about half of the 3,000 kilometre (1,860 mile) desert course, officials said ..."
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