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From Alaska to Argentina by Electric Car

Photo: racinggreenendurance Congrats and hurrah for these doughty English schoolboys; they designed, built and drove an electric car, the SRZero, from Alaska to Argentina. It took 5 months and cost £3 ($4.75), aside from the expense of developing the car, of course. The 6 brainy guys from the Imperial College in London travelled 24,000 km. through 14 countries to show that electric cars can be practical in day-to-day living and to inspire maths and science students to see where studying engineering can take you. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Charger Goes Bonzai With the Electree

Until Jonathan Ive gets around to playing with solar chargers we are probably going to have to keep looking at the dull grey plastic crap that Jaymi keeps showing us. Or there is Vivien Muller’s Electree, a sort of solar bonzai with photovoltaic leaves. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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