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  • Drivers Race Cross Country Without Gas
    KMTV

    Omaha, NE - Thirteen teams from around the world are racing to go green, and they're doing it without using gasoline. They are driving in the North American Solar Challenge from Dallas to Alberta, Canada. Nick Such is racing the University of Kentucky team's car. He says driving it could be worse considering there's no air-conditioning, "When you're moving along it's not too bad. It's when you are just sitting in the sun that it gets pretty hot." But it's those hot rays that fuel one of his goals, to use mother nature's resources for energy.

  • Solar Cars Ramble Through
    KETV 7 Omaha
  • UK Solar Car Teams Races Across The Country
    WKYT

    This is the only solar car in Kentucky, Gato Del Sol III. It runs exclusively on solar energy and will be competing against other prestigious engineering universities in the 2008 North American Solar Challenge.

    The challenge consists of a 2,400 mile race beginning in Texas and ending in Canada during the month of July. The team is currently making their way through Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

    Inclement weather has been concern as storms have popped up along their route. Fortunately they have had ample sunshine during the morning hours to fully charge Gato Del Sol III.

  • Weather Not Hindering Solar Car
    UK News

    LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 17, 2008) ? Unfavorable weather conditions aren’t stopping the University of Kentucky Solar Car Team as "Gato del Sol III" continues its northward trek toward Calgary, Alberta.

    Team spokesman Matt Hatfield reports this morning that the car is traveling apace toward Sioux Falls, S.D., after the team spent Wednesday night "in the middle of nowhere near Decatur, Neb."

    "We’re still battling clouds and bad weather. It’s been raining and cloudy with very little sun" through most of the race that began Sunday in Plano, Texas, Hatfield said.

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