Around the
world in a solar car
Australia,
US, Europe - they've already traveled a long way. A team of students is
currently touring the world in a solar-powered car. It's an adventure, though
the car could be more comfortable.
The sun
might be burning in the sky, but the promised test run in the solar-powered car
will have to wait. The batteries are empty, explains Matthias Drossel, student
of electro-technology at Bochum University of Applied Sciences in western
Germany. The weather just wasn't quite good enough in the past few days, he
says, especially on the journey through Belgium.
Now Drossel
and the rest of the ten-strong team have to use the sunny day to recharge. They
have unscrewed the solar panels from the car and set them up facing the sun at
the optimal angle to soak up as much energy as possible. It will take four
hours for the batteries to fully recharge, says Drossel after a glance at his
laptop. So instead of a test drive, we'll have to make do with a test sit in
the SolarWorld GT.
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