SOLAR CAR ARRIVES IN VICTORIA: SETS NEW RECORD
Oct 30, 2008
A CANADIAN HAS LAID CLAIM TO A NEW WORLD RECORD -- GREATEST DISTANCE DRIVEN IN A SOLAR POWERED CAR.
MARCELLO DA LUZ ARRIVED THURSDAY MORNING AT VICTORIA'S MILE ZERO IN HIS SINGLE-SEAT, “POWER OF ONE” SOLAR CAR.
THIS JOURNEY OF JUST OVER 15-THOUSAND KILOMETRES WAS TO SHOW THE VIABILITY OF ENERGY-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY.
DA LUZ SAYS SOLAR POWER'S BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO POLITICAL WILL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
HIS VEHICLE COST ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. IT CAN TRAVEL 200 KILOMETRES ON A SINGLE CHARGE AT A TOP SPEED OF 120 KILOMETRES AN HOUR.
- FRANK STANFORD / STEVE DUFFY
