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Will-the Persian Gazelle make it from Darwin to Adelaide in October ?
Background: A Tehran University team is to participate in the World Solar Challenge solar car race across Australia next October.
The grueling 3,000 km (1,864 mile) run from Darwin to Adelaide is for cars that run only on solar power, without resorting to any of the polluting fossil fuels.
The 25-strong Tehran University team is entering the 'Persian Gazelle', which is an improvement of an earlier design, with reduced weight and higher speed compared with an earlier version, IRNA reported.
The car weighs in at only 150kg (331 lbs), as a result of extensive use of light-weight composite materials.
The designers have aimed to reduce the drag coefficient of the vehicle to only 0.2 at 100 km (60 mph), which is essential to eke out every bit of the energy to propel the car towards the finishing line.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99127§ionid=3510212
The grueling 3,000 km (1,864 mile) run from Darwin to Adelaide is for cars that run only on solar power, without resorting to any of the polluting fossil fuels.
The 25-strong Tehran University team is entering the 'Persian Gazelle', which is an improvement of an earlier design, with reduced weight and higher speed compared with an earlier version, IRNA reported.
The car weighs in at only 150kg (331 lbs), as a result of extensive use of light-weight composite materials.
The designers have aimed to reduce the drag coefficient of the vehicle to only 0.2 at 100 km (60 mph), which is essential to eke out every bit of the energy to propel the car towards the finishing line.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99127§ionid=3510212
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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The race is about halfway finished, and more than 30 teams are still on track to the finish later in the week.
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It is expected that the second and third running cars will cross the official finish line at around 10.am on Thursday local time.
http://www.gizmag.com/tokai-global-green-challenge-solar-car/13212/
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