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Solar Car To Retrace Cross-Australian Route

Posted by timothy on from the too-bad-about-the-ac dept.

Dave Snowdon writes "Its been 20 years since Quiet Achiever, the first solar car, crossed Australia from West to East (~4000km). Sunswift 2, the UNSW solar car is set to retrace the original route, in order to set a new transcontinental record. The original car took 21 days, Sunswift is expected to complete in less than 7."

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  1. Re:Interesting, but... by dadragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yea, but in the UK an hour of sun is all you'd need to cross it :)

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  2. It's been 20 years... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    a 3-fold improvement in 20 years means a 3^(1/20) = 1.056 improvement per year, or log(2^(1/1.5))/log(3^(1/20)) = 8.41 times slower than Moore's Law (doubling every 18 months). That's what you could compute with a math degree.