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Solar-Powered Cars Race fron Austin to Calgary

Posted by timothy on from the other-way-would-seem-more-sensible dept.

dblizzard writes "The North American Solar Challenge race is about to start. Travelling at speeds of up to 130km/hr (80mph), these teams will race from Austin Texas to Calgary Alberta all with no non-reusable energy. Here's the race link, and here's some really cool photos of the Queens' University car."

2 of 217 comments (clear)

  1. Uhm by Andrew+Tanenbaum · · Score: 5, Informative

    Solar isn't reusable. There's just a lot of it.

  2. Re:WTF? by Shkuey · · Score: 5, Funny

    In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!