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Solar Race Car Reaches 93MPH

Nov 1, 2009 11:30 PM

If you saw this so-called automobile out on the street, you'd probably think a UFO had landed, but sure enough, it's a car - a solar powered race car.

Japan's Tokai Challenger solar vehicle won the 2009 Global Green Challenge, with speeds of up to 93MPH, running at only 1.8KW (half the power of standard tea kettle).

Team assembling a solar-powered vehicle under a crowd's observation.

Solar-powered vehicle on a highway.

The losing solar cars:

Solar-powered vehicle with a futuristic design in a public event setting.                 The Endeavour (Cambridge University, Britain)

A person driving a unique yellow vehicle on a racetrack.                 Infinium (University of Michigan)

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