Did Stanford’s Solar Car Project build the fastest solar-powered car ever assembled by human hands? Possibly. We’ll now for sure when the vehicle, called Xenith, hits the pavement in Australia during the World Solar Challenge.
A German engineered vehicle called ‘Wind Explorer’ has managed to travel 5000km across Australia, using a combination of lithium batteries, a wind turbine and a large kite of all things.
In the most recent World Solar Challenge, a Japanese team upset the former four-time Dutch champs to win the 3000km solar-car race across Australia with the vehicle you see here.
