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Google funds a wind-powered car project

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Monday, June 7, 2010
14 years ago8,766 views

Story at
http://slashdot.org/story/10/06/06/0518216/Google-Backed-Wind-Powered-Car-Goes-Faster-Than-the-Wind

ianf [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Yes, because what the world really needs in the future are energy-efficient wind-powered cars on the freeways. Go Google.

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/venturi_car.jpg
lol

ianf [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Are you sure it's not more like this one?
http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/1-windpoweredc.jpg

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

From the source article:

"A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling down wind faster than the wind. In a recent run at New Jerusalem in Tracy, California, the car reached a top speed of more than 2.85 times faster than the wind blowing at the time (13.5 mph) powered by the wind itself. The run should now settle the DWFTTW (down wind faster than the wind) debate that has been raging for some time on the Internet about whether or not such a feat was possible."

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