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Power Of One Solar Car Reaches Los Angeles After Breaking World Distance Record, Heading to Washington, DC

Green Car Congress

Marcelo da Luz and his Power of One solar car ( earlier post ), recently arrived in Los Angeles after traveling more than 12,500 miles. In the process, he reached the Arctic Circle, and broke the world distance record for a solar car. The original plan was to drive the solar car from Buffalo, NY to Inuvik, NT and back to Buffalo, NY.

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The basis for the "Spirit of DC" staying over in Arizona through the winter results from the gifting of a state-of-the-art Li-ion battery pack and charger from Delaware Power Systems out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. See Dr Walter Wu's email regarding gifting the "Spirit of DC" in the Feb 2009 timeframe. G. _ [Fill in].

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