Meet the motor racers powered by the sun

Name: Meet the motor racers powered by the sun
Uploaded: 2013-08-09T05:51:10.000Z
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Description: A team of ambitious scientists from the Netherlands is preparing to race thousands of kilometres across the Australian outback, powered only by the sun.

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A team of ambitious scientists from the Netherlands is preparing to race thousands of kilometres across the Australian outback, powered only by the sun.

The World Solar Challenge is a gruelling trek from Darwin to Adelaide and is designed to test the potential of the competitors and their unique looking vehicles.

Anna Holligan reports.

World

9 August 2013