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100 MPH On Solar Power

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

How do you make a solar-powered car go 100 MPH?  First, make it light.  Second, give it a powerful electric motor.  And third, find an open road.  That is the strategy, albeit, greatly simplified, of the Wrexham University, Wales, UK, solar car NOSGrawrII.  The car weighs a mere 465 pounds, which is about on par [...]


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