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Though the sun shone in the Australian outback, Impulse, the solar car from UC Berkeley, struggled. The car, engineered by students from the campus solar vehicle team CalSol, had been plagued by battery problems that left it with very little power as it pushed toward the finish on the last
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A solar car engineered by UC Berkeley students successfully completed a transcontinental race across the Australian outback this weekend, despite obstacles posed by the environment and technological difficulties with the vehicle. J.D. Morris is the lead environment reporter.
Facing competition from teams around the globe, a solar vehicle crafted by UC Berkeley students has begun its transcontinental race across Australia in the World Solar Challenge. J.D. Morris is the lead environment reporter.
Fueled solely by energy from the sun, a car engineered by UC Berkeley students will embark on a transcontinental sprint across the Australian outback next month. As part of the biennial World Solar Challenge, about 20 members of the campus solar car team CalSol will compete against teams from around
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