News tagged with solar powered car

Hybrid power plants can help industry go green

Hybrid cars, powered by a mixture of gas and electricity, have become a practical way to "go green" on the roads. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are applying the term "hybrid" to power plants as well.

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created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Japanese Team Tokai wins the 3,021 km 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese Tokai University Solar Car Team has won the Veolia World Solar Challenge, a 3,021 kilometer race between tiny cars relying on mostly solar power. Running between Darwin, a remote ...

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created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 32 | with audio podcast report

Solar-powered air-conditioning system for vehicles

Great news for drivers! They can now continue to keep the air-conditioning system on during the hot sunny days even when they stop the vehicle and switch off the engine. In collaboration with Green Power Industrial ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Carmakers turn to green energy for assembly plants

Wind turbines and solar panels are fast becoming familiar sights at car assembly plants as automakers slash carbon emissions not only of the models they produce, but along the whole production chain.

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plainville, Conn. gets a solar carport

(PhysOrg.com) -- The city of Plainville, Conn. got a brand new carport, and this one runs entirely on the power of the sun. The carport makes use of solar panels that have been mounted of the roof in order ...

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created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Purdue students build street-legal 2, 200 mpg solar powered car

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Purdue Solar Racing team's solar-powered urban commuter car achieved the equivalent of almost 2,200 miles per gallon in the 2011 Shell EcoMarathon international competition this week in ...

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created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 14

Six-time champions win American Solar Challenge

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finishing more than two hours ahead of its nearest competitor, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team has won the American Solar Challenge for a third consecutive North American title.

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created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first step toward turning highways into energy-generating solar panels, the Sagle, Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways has recently received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of ...

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created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (57) | comments 68 weblog

Solar car aims to put rivals in the shade

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 2

Solar-car inventor pursues distance record alone, with empty pockets

From stem to stern across the continent, skirting blacktop and blue highway in his oddball little electric car, Marcelo da Luz has devoted the last eight months of his life to following the sun.

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0