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Mason City Globe Gazette has an article mentioning: "... Iowa State University's Team PrISUm spent two long years designing and building the solar car that eventually drove to eighth place in last summer's North American Solar Challenge ..."
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WABI has an article mentioning: "... Eighth grade science students at Bangor Christian had their solar cars put to the test ..."
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Wired Blogs has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz, who set a world record when he drove 14,000 miles to the Arctic Circle in a solar car, is headed back to the Great White North to continue evangelizing about the wonders of solar power ..."
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Calgary Herald has an article mentioning: "... In Grade 5, Full's first science fair project involved solar-powered cars. The experiment sparked a lingering interest in improving energy yields from solar panels ..."
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Press-Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... Lora Beatty, an endurance skipper, brings the solar-powered boat back into dock. Later, Beatty commented that she heard a noise coming from the engine, but the engine ..."
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Santa Monica Daily Press has an article mentioning: "... Students from Santa Monica High School build their solar-powered boat 'RETHINK,' which they will use to compete against roughly 40 other schools in the Solar Cup, to be held later this week ..."
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AME Info has an article mentioning: "... During the event LTC displayed a solar powered boat and car, as well as a 'Productive House' conceived in line with the vision of the S.S. Lootah Group to give back to the community ..."
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CBS 2 has an article mentioning: "... Students build and race solar-powered boats on Lake Skinner ..."
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Detroit Free Press has an article mentioning: "... Teenagers are building wind turbines and solar-powered boats ..."
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Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... but it’s safe to assume the Solar Flyer takes many hours to juice up completely. In the future, the inventor hopes to develop a solar-powered bike with a 300 mile range ..."
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Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Man Builds World’s First Fully Solar-Powered Motorcycle ..."
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Tampabay.com has an article mentioning: "... Vehicle inventor Marcelo da Luz, left, and helper Michael Feith get the solar-powered vehicle Power of One, which stopped at USF in Tampa on Tuesday, ready for a trip to Miami. Da Luz drives his dream car at least six ..."
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Tampabay.com has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered car that has been trekking across North America on three wheels, stopped Tuesday at the University of South Florida in Tampa, reports ..."
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Brandon News and Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Made in Canada with parts from as far away as Korea, the world's most traveled solar car swung through Tampa on Tuesday en route to Key West. It didn't go unnoticed and was pulled over by Tampa police on Fowler Avenue as it ..."
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Syria News Station - محطة أخبار سوريا has an article mentioning: "... in Safita was able to complete the solar-powered car ..."
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The News Journal has an article mentioning: "... Middle school students design solar-powered cars for annual competition ..."
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Florida Today has an article mentioning: "... held at Florida Solar Energy Center at Brevard Community College brought together 650 students to compete in racing model-size hydrogen-fueled or solar-powered cars. This was the first year for the cookoff ..."
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GulfNews has an article mentioning: "... Dubai: It could be a while before solar powered cars are zooming down Shaikh Zayed Road - particularly at a maximum speed of 65km/h, but the technology exists and is being developed in ..."
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CSR Asia has an article mentioning: "... Partially Solar-powered vessel sets out on test run ..."
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Livingston Daily has an article mentioning: "... Residents wanting to check out a solar-powered vehicle can see one from 3-6 p.m. Thursday in front of Lil' Chef restaurant, located in the Brookside Mall on Grand River Avenue in ..."
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Bizmology: Business Insight and Opinions from Hoover's Editors has an article mentioning: "... In the separate solar-powered vehicle contest, the ..."
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New Straits Times has an article mentioning: "... team adviser Professor Hamdani Saidi, team driver Joseph Koh, team captain Joerg Weigl and chemical engineering PhD candidate Inayati S.T. with the solar-powered vehicle. — Bernama picture ..."
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Lucknow Newsline has an article mentioning: "... Soon the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) will jointly work with a Swiss institute to develop a futuristic solar-powered aircraft, which will cut down air and noise pollution and also the cost of air travel ..."
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Agoura Hills Acorn has an article mentioning: "... SOPHIA FISCHER/Acorn Newspapers HERE COMES THE SUN—Sixth-graders at Medea Creek Middle School in Oak Park race their solar cars on the school pavement. The project was part of the Oak Park district's Earth Week events ..."
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World Air Sports Federation has an article mentioning: "... flying a Blériot XI, on 14th April 2009 Eric Raymond completed the same journey in the solar-powered Sunseeker II, thereby becoming the first solar-powered aeroplane to make the journey ..."
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The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... The second and third day solar car driver Marcelo da Luz and his crew spent in New Orleans were kinder than the first. ..."
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Jaunted has an article mentioning: "... Eric] Raymond's eight-country tour of the continent in Sunseeker II... would be the first trans-European flight in a manned solar plane.The environmentally friendly aircraft developed by Solar Flight will highlight the potential for electric aircraft to shape air travel ..."
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The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo Daluz on Monday stands next to the solar-powered car that he invented and has been driving across country ..."
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The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz gave up his job, girlfriend and nearly a half-million dollars to build a solar-powered car and drive it all over the Americas, a trek that brought him and several international volunteers, following in a van, to New Orleans ..."
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The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo Da Luz is in the French Quarter with his solar-powered car, hoping to raise awarness about alternative sources of energy ..."
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Alamogordo Daily News has an article mentioning: "... Kalani Hodges, a first-grader at Cloudcroft Elementary, won the Kindergarten to Second Grade Division with a model solar boat ..."
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Santa Cruz Sentinel has an article mentioning: "... The UC Berkeley solar car arrives at Soquel High Saturday ..."
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Delaware County Daily Times has an article mentioning: "... SWARTHMORE — Last Sunday, children lined the sidewalk in front of Open Sky Energy Systems for a chance to race solar-powered cars to help fund solar power in West Africa ..."
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Universe Today has an article mentioning: "... tractor, or to impact the asteroid to alter the space rock’s trajectory. Other current options are to use a mass driver, rocket engines or a solar sail to push the asteroid on a different course ..."
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Alamogordo Daily News has an article mentioning: "... Earth Day Science Fair, Poster Contest and Displays of science-fair style solar car kits and other projects by local children are some of the educational activities that have gone on leading up to the event ..."
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Beaumont Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... The environmentalist showed off his solar powered car this morning while the sun beamed down letting the car soak up some rays ..."
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Mother Nature Network has an article mentioning: "... From solar-powered lily pads & twirling wind-powered lights to sweet sorghum ethanol & one very James-Bond-like solar boat ..."
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Danville Commercial News has an article mentioning: "... Luke Vaughn, a Schlarman sophomore, showed the middle-schoolers how miniature solar-powered cars worked, pointing out each of the cars’ components and tracing the solar energy creation process ..."
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San Marcos Daily Record has an article mentioning: "... The solar boat, along with the rest of the glass bottomed fleet, will be running from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday ..."
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MyFox Houston has an article mentioning: "... The Power of One" solar car project is the result of da Luz's dream that began in 1999. The vehicle runs like an electric car with one big difference. Instead of ..."
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Marine Business News has an article mentioning: "... Taiwan-based Horizon Group is hoping to stake its claim in the eco-realm of the luxury category, developing a series of solar powered boats in cooperation with Thomas Meyer, CEO of Solar Water World AG, a German company that is known for pioneering solar powered boats ..."
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Solar Industry has an article mentioning: "... Solar Careers ..."
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四川新闻网-攀枝花日报 has an article mentioning: "... design software company Autodesk (Autodesk Inc.) Germany Planet Solar announced the company sponsored the construction of the world's largest solar-powered boat and plans to achieve the 2010 voyage. This is a people's blood boiling projects - so far the largest solar-powered boat will voyage ..."
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Houston Press has an article mentioning: "... not the killin' kind, mind you, but folks who do some far-out things. And we think driving a three-wheeled freaky-looking solar-powered car to the Arctic Circle, and all around the country, fits the bill. So we jumped at the chance to speak with Toronto native Marcelo da ..."
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Journal and Courier has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered car designed and driven by members of Purdue Solar Racing came away with top honors for solar-powered vehicles at the 2009 Shell ..."
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Santa Monica Mirror has an article mentioning: "... Palisades photovoltaic guru Greg Glenn with the University of Michigan solar car at the 2007 World Solar Challenge race in Australia ..."
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University of Southampton has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered boat designed and built by postgraduate students led by Dr Peter Wilson of ECS is on its way to the United States, the first UK entrant ..."
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WCCO has an article mentioning: "... It took about two years for 40 of our students to design and build this car," said David Towey of the University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project ..."
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ArabianBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... On a lighter note, last week a group of bright sparks at the University of Sharjah (AUS) unveiled the GCC's first student-built solar powered car, which has a top speed of 100km/h and boasts a 1.5bhp engine powered by a series of 740 cells on its body ..."
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Southern Daily Echo has an article mentioning: "... team of engineers from the University of Southampton has spent months building the solar-powered boat it hopes will make waves in an international tournament next month ..."
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CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... As for practical uses of solar sailing, I recall about 20 years ago while attending an energy conference in Europe there was an interesting story about some local fishermen ..."
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The Future of Things has an article mentioning: "... NanoSail-D - A Solar Sail in Space ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... The Sunseeker II, the first solar flight across the Swiss Alps ..."
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CIO Australia has an article mentioning: "... MIT builds solar-powered race car that runs all day ..."
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Practical Boat Owner Magazine has an article mentioning: "... $13m dollar 98-foot long solar-powered boat is under construction at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany, with a view to making the first attempt at a solar-powered ..."
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Monsters and Critics.com has an article mentioning: "... The donation also includes classroom activities such as solar cars, solar ovens and wind turbine kits ..."
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carbon reinforced composites has an article mentioning: "... The solar car is built with composites from TenCate. Picture courtesy of TenCate ..."
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Marine Business News has an article mentioning: "... In 2010, a pair of Europeans will start a voyage around the world in a solar-powered boat, aiming to complete their quest in 120 days, and if they’re successful, they’ll be the first to pull it off. ..."
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Azom.com has an article mentioning: "... An academic and a team of post graduate students at the University of Southampton are making final preparations to their solar-powered boat ahead of a major engineering competition. Solar Splash, the World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating, takes ..."
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AME Info has an article mentioning: "... Eight engineering students from the American University of Sharjah GCC have completed work on the region's first student-built solar powered car. The car is the result of a collaboration between Siemens, the regional arm of the global engineering firm, Siemens AG, and the AUS ..."
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New Electronics has an article mentioning: "... With an 80m wingspan and severe weight restrictions, the solar powered aircraft is stretching the developers working on all areas of the project. ..."
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Science Centric has an article mentioning: "... An academic and a team of post graduate students at the University of Southampton are making final preparations to their solar-powered boat ahead of a major engineering competition. Solar Splash, the World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating, takes place in ..."
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Michigan Daily has an article mentioning: "... The University's Solar Car Team is the largest student project on campus. Involving about 100 students from different schools on campus, the team works together to ..."
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Al-Bawaba has an article mentioning: "... Siemens and American University of Sharjah (AUS) today announce the completion of the Siemens Sunchaser, the GCC region's first student-built solar powered car. The car is the result of a collaboration between Siemens LLC, the regional company of the global engineering powerhouse ..."
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Sail World has an article mentioning: "... team of scientists, engineers, and yachtsmen are making what they say will be the largest solar boat ever built, with a view to making a trip around the world.Planet Solar is being built at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany ..."
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Press-Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... The three-wheeled solar car, The Blur, is powered by photovoltaic cells converting sunlight into electrical energy ..."
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Next Big Future has an article mentioning: "... The system would act like a micro solar sail and could go like space dust anywhere in the solar system given enough time. The goal is self-contained “Microscale ..."
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Sail World has an article mentioning: "... Raphael Domjan and navigator Gerard d'Aboville together with a seafaring band of scientists and engineers are building what they call the largest solar boat in the world, a $13 million catamaran they hope will take them around the world next year ..."
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AME Info has an article mentioning: "... PTL Solar installs Solar Car Park Lights for Nakheel for their Waterfront project ..."
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AZ Central.com has an article mentioning: "... It's actually Marcelo Daluz's solar-powered vehicle "The Power of One ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... seafaring band of scientists, engineers and yachtsmen with an obsession for Jules Verne and clean energy are building what they call the largest solar boat in the world, a $13 million catamaran they hope will take them around the world next year ..."
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International Business Times has an article mentioning: "... An advanced solar car that can cruise in a range from 50 to 60 miles per hour and weighs less than 500 pounds is being developed by students at the Massachusetts ..."
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Corpus Christi Caller Times has an article mentioning: "... plus MPG? New solar cars racing to compete */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20279001", "20275001"]; // [News / National (NPC), News ..."
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Eurogates has an article mentioning: "... On Wednesday 8 April, the Solar Team Twente unveiled its new solar car design. This makes it the first team in the Challenge Class, the Formula 1 for solar cars, to present its design. Seventeen students ..."
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Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... system installed on the home where it is housed could form the basis of it being (in part) a solar powered car. Householders could also elect to switch over to ..."
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Casa Grande Valley Newspapers has an article mentioning: "... TUCSON (AP) - University of Arizona students have been developing solar cars for a decade, but the one they're racing to finish right now is a little different ..."
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Business Green has an article mentioning: "... Students hope solar car innovations could find their way into the mainstream ..."
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msnbc.com has an article mentioning: "... MIT students scientists are putting the finish touches to Eleanor, one of the most advanced solar cars yet designed â€" hitting speeds of 80 mph and driving up to 200 miles in the pitch dark ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... there will be an attempt at a world record-breaking non-stop flight by a solar plane, piloted by Eric Raymond, from Zurich to Barcelona ..."
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Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... Solar Powered vehicle, Bethany solar car, world solar challenge, world solar race, green car, cambridge university's solar vehicle, sun power ..."
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The Engineer has an article mentioning: "... It won't be the first time solar cars have travelled this way. The competition has been running every couple of years since ..."
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Eetasia.com has an article mentioning: "... CUER has already designed U.K.'s first road-legal solar-powered car, code-named 'Affinity', which was driven from Land's End to John O'Groats last year ..."
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MyFox Washington DC has an article mentioning: "... MYFOX NATIONAL) - Some MIT students are cruising around, solar-style. Members of the solar vehicle team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have launched "Elanor ..."
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Reuters has an article mentioning: "... BOSTON, April 6 (Reuters Life!) - In a dingy basement in Boston, some scientists are putting the finish touches to Eleanor, one of the most advanced solar cars yet designed. The technology-packed, environmentally friendly ..."
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Heart 103 Cambridge has an article mentioning: "... group of Cambridge University students has designed a solar powered car that can travel at 60 miles an hour, using the same amount of energy as a hairdryer ..."
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Eureka has an article mentioning: "... Plans for a solar powered racing car – which will cruise at 60mph using the same power as a hairdryer – have been unveiled by students at Cambridge University ..."
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The Chronicle Journal has an article mentioning: "... Go Green: Solar Car Efficiency by Michael Liu and Dillon Small, Churchill ..."
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AVweb has an article mentioning: "... to start a European tour that will cover eight countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, France and Spain. The solar-powered aircraft has already completed hundreds of miles of test flights over the U.S. Southwest, logging more flight hours than all other ..."
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Insciences Organisation has an article mentioning: "... CUER has already designed the UK's first road-legal solar-powered car, which was driven from Land's End to John O'Groats last year. The new vehicle should be finished in June. It will then be ..."
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The National has an article mentioning: "... Tarek al Zubair, 16, with the six-passenger solar vehicle, which he created with his 14-year-old cousin Hamad bin Sulaiman. 'Think what that means if two teenagers can make a car run on solar ..."
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Wired Blogs has an article mentioning: "... Eric Raymond is flying across Europe in a solar airplane to prove that 'solar airplane' is not an oxymoron, it's a new direction for aviation ..."
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Voltimum has an article mentioning: "... Westminster pupils take a 'Scrapheap Challenge' to make solar powered car ..."
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Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... Bicycle, solar car, kayak, rollerblades and maybe even some cluster ballooning â€" these are just a few of the alternative modes of transport Boaz Frankel is ..."
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The Bay City Times - MLive.com has an article mentioning: "... The University of Michigan competes with a prestigious solar car team. Many companies around the state install solar energy systems. Negaunee High School is planning a solar project, as is the Detroit ..."
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Special Broadcasting Service has an article mentioning: "... encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+'&title=Solar car uses same power as hairdryer ..."
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MIT Technology Review has an article mentioning: "... solar sail ..."
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Arizona Daily Star has an article mentioning: "... University of Arizona students have been developing solar cars for a decade, but the one they're racing to finish right now is a little different ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society remains committed to flying the first solar sail. Specifically, we aim to fly the first controlled flight of a spacecraft using light pressure to increase the orbit energy ..."
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Zigwheels.com has an article mentioning: "... year old Marcelo da Luz just set the record for the longest distance covered by a solar vehicle in his creation, the Xof1. Though the record is not really official yet, da Luz accomplishment is no small feat, as he travelled ..."
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Bundaberg NewsMail has an article mentioning: "... WORLD-RENOWNED adventurer and inventor of the solar-powered car Hans Tholstrup has gone green in the Burnett ..."
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