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Aussie Team Smashes Land Speed Record For Solar-Powered Cars

Posted by Soulskill on from the with-authority dept.

snowdon writes "A record which has stood since 1987, set by General Motors, has been broken (YouTube video) by a university team. The land speed record for a solar powered car was 78km/h, and now stands at 88km/h despite the cloudy conditions... If only Doc Brown had used the metric system!"

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  1. Whats more amazing is... by noisyinstrument · · Score: 5, Funny

    that it was only making about one point twenty one kilowatts.