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THE DREAM of solar power is alive and well in the research and development departments of
most automakers. One of the best experimental vehicles to come out of their labs, according t
auto writer Greg Wilson, is Honda’s “Dream” solar car.

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AUTOMOTION

HARNESSING THE sun’s
energy fo power automobiles
is an idea with a lot of appeal
in an age where fossil-fuel-
burning vehicles are taking
most of the blame for
increasing urban air pollu-
tion and associated health
problems.

The sun's energy is, after all,
clean, limitless, powerful, and best
of all, free.

However, the occasional cloud
tends to put a damper on solar-car
performance, and nighttime perfor-
mance js nothing to write home
about.

In addition, even the best solar
cells can’t produce enough energy
to propel a standard 3,000 Ib.
(1,350 kg) family sedan.

This hasn't dampened the enthu-
siasm of solar power engineers,
though.

The dream of solar power is
alive and thriving in the research
and development laboratories of
major universities and automobile
manufacturers.

improvements in cell technology
and related automotive technolo-
gies are pushing the boundaries of
solar-car performance further than
many had anticipated.

Perhaps the best example is
Honda’s “Dream” solar car, a light-
weight one-passenger solar car that
took first-place in the World Solar
Challenge race in Australia last
November.

The Dream sped swiftly and
silently across the sun-baked
Australian Outback, covering the
3.013 km (1,868 miles) distance in
a record-setting 35 hours and 38
minutes, nine-and-a-half hours bet-
ter than the previous record.

The Dream averaged an amaz-
ing 85 km/h (53 mph) over the
entire distance and has a top speed
of over 130 km/h (80 mph).

The Dream's unusual shape —

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The perfect harmony of luxury

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urning to reality

long, low and wide — allows 4,504
individual solar cells to be posi-
tioned on the upper surface of the
car to extract maximum exposure
from the sun.

The Dream is actually longer
and wider than a Cadillac DeVille,
but considerably fatter and only
102 cm (40 in.) high.

The Dream's cockroach shape is

See Solar page 23

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