Wind Powered Car

[moorecomp]

Sorry if this has been posted before.

Wind-powered car sets records in a 3,100-mile road test - Yahoo! Shopping

[Frank Lee]

Neato!

[Old Tele man]

...uh, winds typically "die-down" at night and "blow" during daylight hours.

[Rokeby]

It should do really well inside the Washington, DC beltway...
or near any state's capital.

[Odin]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...uh, winds typically "die-down" at night and "blow" during daylight hours.

not if your entire life takes place in the Australian outback! but since that is very few people this idea isn't very practical

[Frank Lee]

It's windy here a lot, no matter what time it is...

[NachtRitter]

Definitely enforces commuting if driven over long distances... can't see one person setting up and rigging the wind turbine on their own...

[Frank Lee]

German adventurers drive wind-powered electric car across southern Australia | Technology | Los Angeles Times

http://af.reuters.com/article/energy...71E04F20110216

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/02/win...to-get-around/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6bU43RCIVw

these have more pics/vid clip and a few more details, all scattered about in several non-cohesive articles...

[jamesqf]

There are days around here where you could hoist the kite, and do the speed limit while recharging the battery with regenerative braking. If only I could figure out how to handle the #@&! overpasses :-)

[NachtRitter]

Power / telephone lines too...