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Google-Backed Wind-Powered Car Goes Faster Than the Wind

Posted by timothy on from the duh-it's-pushed-by-the-google dept.

sterlingda writes "A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling downwind 2.85 times faster than the 13.5 mph wind. The definitive research by Rick Cavallaro of FasterThanTheWind.org is being funded by Google and Joby Energy. The run should now settle the DWFTTW (downwind faster than the wind) debate that has been raging for some time on the Internet about whether or not such a feat was possible."

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  1. Re:Debate? by wrook · · Score: 4, Funny

    I started to think about this more. And the more I thought about it, the more confused I became.

    Finally, I came to the conclusion: Thank god I'm not a physicist!

  2. Not impressed by thoughtsatthemoment · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me know when you have a solar powered car traveling faster than light.