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create cars from low-maintenance materials and with fewer parts to avoid costly manufacturing and maintenance. Additionally, he wanted to reduce emissions that pollute the environment, arguing that even if his cars ran on batteries charged by electricity, the generators of the electrical power run cleaner than millions of individual gas-burning automobiles. To that end, he designed and built the SunRay Solar
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By 4:pm the first day, the Mana La was out of the race. "The crew confess they ran too hard through the hills trying to catch the
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The car is 19' long, 6 1/2' wide, and 6 1/2' tall. It is omposed of urethane foam, carbon fiber, and high-temperature vinyl ester resin, the entire vehicle weighs only 500 pounds, sports an on-board computer...(and) carries NASA-grade storage batteries."
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