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Missouri Wins American Solar Challenge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sunny-day-fun-time-contest dept.

dagoalieman writes "The University of Missouri - Rolla won this year's 2300 mile American Solar Challenge. The roughly 339lb car (517lb with driver) with 1500 watts of power won by nearly 5 hours - here's the final results. UMR has now won two out of the past three races, finishing second in the last race, to Michigan. Congrats, and good luck to them in the World Solar Challenge!"

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  1. Usefullness by buck_wild · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So how will this technology be used in forthcoming products? Is there a value here?

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    If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
  2. weight by wannasleep · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, the driver's weight is 178 lbs..
    Sorry, a geek like me couldn't help...
    I had to do the math :)