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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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Gaea Times has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Solar plane to soon fly around the world ..."
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All Cars Electric has an article mentioning: "... Dutch team has set a new world record at the World Solar Challenge, a biennial race in which international teams compete to race solar-powered vehicles 1,870 miles across the Australian outback, between Adelaide and Perth. The Nuon Solar Team from the Technical University of ..."
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The Engineer has an article mentioning: "... On a lighter note (quite literally), a Cambridge University designed solar powered car sets off on the global green challenge, a brutal 3,000km race across the Australian outback from Darwin to Adelaide that kicks of ..."
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WA today has an article mentioning: "... Solar powered vehicles start race across the Australian outback from Darwin to Adelaide ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Thirty-two solar-powered cars including Solar Ranger1 from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) on Sunday start long the trek across Australia in the World Solar ..."
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Radio Netherlands has an article mentioning: "... few dozen teams are competing in the over 3000 kilometre race in solar cars across the Australian desert ..."
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Brisbane Times has an article mentioning: "... Tipped as one of the favourites to win this year's solar car race, which stretches 3000km across the Australian outback, students from Cambridge University say they cannot compete with the likes of ..."
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Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... Switzerland's entry in the 3,000km race, the world's toughest test for solar cars, incurred serious damage to the front wheel, engine and steering system. The team had been working to fix the problems ..."
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The Epoch Times has an article mentioning: "... Supervisor and teamcoach Wubbo Ockels (L) and the students of the TU Delft pose near the new solar powered vehicle Nuna in Amsterdam on June 25. (Marcel Antonisse/AFP/Getty Images ..."
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France24 has an article mentioning: "... lightbox[][A driver for team 'Sattem' gives a thumbs-up from the cockpit of a solar powered car at the start of the World Solar Challenge in Darwin, on October 25. Thirty-two solar powered cars from 17 participating countries ..."
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Ninemsn has an article mentioning: "... Teams from around the world will race solar cars in Australia as part of the World Solar Challenge ..."
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Reuters India has an article mentioning: "... fleet of about 38 solar powered cars from 17 countries, designed mainly by engineering students, will take about a week to race from Darwin to Adelaide in the event ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... The Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) solar car team today passed the dynamic test for the World Solar Challenge-WSC2009 at the Hidden Valley Circuit, here ..."
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Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... Switzerland's entry in the 3,000km race, the world's toughest test for solar cars, incurred serious damage to the front wheel, engine and steering system in transit, but the team has done its best to fix it ..."
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Sydney Morning Herald has an article mentioning: "... today, fighting it out in various classes for 3000 kilometres from Darwin to Adelaide. This year's event is split into two categories - the World Solar Car Challenge and the Eco Challenge ..."
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New Electronics has an article mentioning: "... team of students from Cambridge University are to commence a 3000km journey across the Australian outback in a solar powered car ..."
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Deutsche Welle has an article mentioning: "... at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences are revving their new BOcruiser solar-powered engines for the World Solar Challenge in Australia. The solar car racing event showcases cutting-edge technology ..."
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Medill Reports: Chicago has an article mentioning: "... His company just launched a program this summer, called Free EV, that connects parks and recreational facilities with sponsors who donate the solar vehicles. In this case, Spatz is the sponsor ..."
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Independent has an article mentioning: "... The second category of racers enter into the World Solar Challenge solar cars event, primarily made up of student teams from universities and technical institutes in 16 different countries. Teams are limited to ..."
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Exchange Morning Post has an article mentioning: "... The team has entered its fourth-generation solar car, Phoenix II, to compete against 37 other entries from 17 countries in the 3,000 km sun-fueled endurance test that runs across ..."
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ABC Online has an article mentioning: "... solar car is examined ahead of its race from Darwin to Adelaide (Adrienne Francis ..."
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Gas 2.0 (blog) has an article mentioning: "... The MINILUX Solar Car concept realizes this, and rather than serving as an expensive paperweight while sitting idle, it can actually return energy back to the ..."
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Kingston Daily Freeman has an article mentioning: "... TOWN OF ULSTER â€" SUNY New Paltz engineering students are beaming over a $100,000 grant to help them build a better solar-powered vehicle ..."
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Straits Times has an article mentioning: "... solar car races across the Australian outback near Alice Springs during the 2007 World Solar Challenge on October 2007. The 38 purely solar powered ..."
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Next Big Future (blog) has an article mentioning: "... would have used a solar wind sail for its thrust, but it could also be done using ion propulsion, which can offer control advantages compared to solar sails; this must be studied further ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Uniten's home-developed solar car, "Solar Ranger 1", bearing the 1Malaysia logo, was flown to Darwin on Oct 8 ahead of the race, which covers a distance of 3,021km between ..."
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India Business Blog (blog) has an article mentioning: "... British family sets new world record for longest solar-powered flight by paramotor ..."
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WA today has an article mentioning: "... Older solar car models] had this push-pull steering and a little dial to increase your speed, and it was quite an effort to learn to drive ..."
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New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... Pretty soon we can see them in a NASA documentary, these industrious kids who built a solar car with aluminum shafts, steel rods for strength, welded to four solar panels. The car runs on deep cell marine batteries and can cruise, as it ..."
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New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... Junior Maggie Li, 16, sits in the solar car named B.I.L.L. (Big Intimidating Llama Lover) that New Britain High School students constructed at the school. Li and three of her ..."
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Journal of Turkish Weekly has an article mentioning: "... The world's toughest test for solar cars begins later this month with Swisspirit driver Simon Röösli raring to go along a course of more than 3,000 kilometres ..."
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Northern Territory has an article mentioning: "... The team from Cambridge University tests its solar car on Channel Island Road ahead of the race. Picture: NICK WELSH ..."
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Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... University of New South Wales' Sunswift solar racing team left for Darwin last weekend along with their new solar powered car that can attain speeds of up to 115km/h using the same amount of power as some small household appliances ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... The installation marks the first time SunPods’ SP-300 EV Plug-N-Go portable charging station for solar-electric cars has been put to a real-world test. Aside from needing an electrician to make the electrical connections, the technology is ..."
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Belfast Telegraph has an article mentioning: "... Joe Conway with his solar carport charger in Belfast ..."
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Belfast Telegraph has an article mentioning: "... Cloudy skies can't put brakes on first solar car charger ..."
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TeleText has an article mentioning: "... The lack of sunshine in Belfast did not prevent the owner of Northern Ireland's first solar car charger plugging in ..."
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New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... Only a dream a decade ago, the school began acquiring grants and in 2006 began preliminary construction on their solar vehicle. Most of the students who now come after school to work, tinker and experiment were not there to see the first awkward steps ..."
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Bernama has an article mentioning: "... UNITEN's challenge will be carried by "Solar Ranger 1Malaysia," a solar car developed by students from the Engineering College ..."
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Northern Territory has an article mentioning: "... RELIABLE: Kormilda College student Chris Taylor tries out their solar car. Picture: KATRINA BRIDGEFORD ..."
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Kansas City infoZine has an article mentioning: "... Manhattan, KS - infoZine - Members of K-State's solar car team will be displaying their car, Paragon, at two locations in the Kansas City area: at the Kansas Speedway Friday, Oct. 2; and at ..."
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The Age has an article mentioning: "... var videoOptionscontentPageVideo = { headline: "Solar cars push the limits", the_abstract: "Clara Mazzone from the University of New South Wales' Sunswift team talks about the 2009 World Solar ..."
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Knowledge@Wharton has an article mentioning: "... but the real "turning point," he says, happened while he was an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, when he got involved in a solar car project and subsequent solar car race. His team built and raced a solar car in the U.S ..."
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Chicago Tribune has an article mentioning: "... The University of Northern Iowa will be the host of the world championship of intercollegiate solar-electric boating for three years beginning in ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... Custom golf carts, vintage hybrids, and solar-powered motorcycles were some of the many alt vehicles on the floor of this free ..."
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Daily Nexus has an article mentioning: "... The Golden State is set to capitalize on all its sunshine with the construction of the world’s first solar-powered electric car corridor ..."
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Orleans Star has an article mentioning: "... weather is sought for any outdoor event, but no one could have been happier to see the clouds clear than the organizers of Project Karyne, who ran a solar boat race at Gisèle-Lalonde high school on Friday, Oct ..."
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Louisiana Weekly has an article mentioning: "... them to take full advantage of this opportunity. “Who knows, someone from Warren Easton may be the person who invents and perfects the next solar car, or the solar plane. Please use this in your best interest, so you can become a productive citizen in the world and so you can take care of ..."
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State-Journal.com has an article mentioning: "... Members of the University of Kentucky solar car team pose with TOPY employees. (State Journal/Kelly Mackey ..."
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Gizmodo Australia has an article mentioning: "... The BMW Lovos—a beautiful solar-powered car from hell—is one of those concept cars that looks as amazing as it is probably useless. And dangerous. Just imagine those ..."
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Newsweek has an article mentioning: "... and wind power. The 59-meter Soliloquy, by 23-year-old U.K. design graduate Alastair Callender, will use advanced technology by the Australia-based Solar Sailor Holdings Ltd. in the form of an overhead beam that houses three automated, rigid solar sails, which create a dynamic form that improves ..."
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TFTS (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Dyson Electric Solar Car In Development [Dyson Eco Car â€" Environmentally Friendly, Probably Yellow, Cleans Roads In Transit ..."
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