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WindExplorer: Travelling through Australia on wind power
WindExplorer charging from its wind turbine Another unusual vehicle which, although it has nothing to do with solar racing, attracted my attention. In early 2011, a German team travelled from Albany to...
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Autonomous solar-powered boat to cross the Atlantic
Scout during a test run For the last two years, an international group of students have been working on a very cool and ambitious project: an unmanned, autonomous solar-powered boat that is to cross...
View ArticleScout Transatlantic being launched now – live stream
The autonomous, solar-powered boat Scout Transatlantic which I wrote about earlier is being launched right now, and the team has a live stream up of the launch event: Live stream by Ustream
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Scout Transatlantic relaunched
Scout during a test run The team that designed and built Scout Transatlantic, an unmanned, autonomous, solar-powered boat that is to cross the Atlantic Ocean, has had some bad luck. After a badly timed...
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Scout Transatlantic’s crossing failed
Scout during a test run On August 23rd, 2013 Scout Transatlantic was launched from the east coast of the United States. Scout is – or maybe, ‘was’ – a small, autonomous, solar-powered boat designed by...
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Autonomous solar-powered aeroplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean
Sky-Sailor in the air From 2006 to 2008, Swiss researcher André Noth designed and built Sky-Sailor, an autonomous, solar-powered prototype aeroplane which eventually was capable of 24+ hour autonomous...
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Solar cars on ice
When the subject of solar cars comes up, most people will imagine an image of a ‘typical’ solar racing car, a streamlined, lightweight vehicle, about the size and shape of a pool table. The natural...
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Solarracing.org Facebook page
Click the logo to visit the solar racing Facebook page When I started this website, in June 2012, I started announcing new articles on my personal Facebook page. This works well enough, but it has the...
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New electric race class: Formula E
Although the race class this article is about is not solar-powered, I’m sure many solar racing fans will find it interesting. International motor sport body FIA has created a new race class for...
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Scout Transatlantic; failure and yet not a failure at all
Scout during a test run In the summer of 2013, a small, autonomous, solar-powered boat called Scout Transatlantic bravely attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately, after about a third of...
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