Solar-hydrogen car crosses Australia

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Solar-hydrogen car crosses Australia


Monday 29 December 2003, 3:25 Makka Time, 0:25 GMT

A car that runs on hydrogen and solar power completed a gruelling journey across Australia on Saturday in what organisers claimed was a world first that would pave the way for "clean, green" transport.


The vehicle travelled 4084 km across the desert from Perth to Sydney over nine days in a test of the experimental vehicle's durability.

"We could have done it in four days but we didn't want to take any chances, we wanted to show this could be done," organiser Hans Tholstrup said.

Named Apollondine after mythical ancient Greek sun and water gods, the vehicle was built by students at Tamagawa University in Tokyo...

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