Green Options » louis palmer http://greenoptions.com/tag/louis-palmer Posts tagged 'louis palmer' Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:50:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Man Attempts to Travel Around the World in Solar-Powered Car http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/08/man-attempts-to-travel-around-the-world-in-solar-powered-car/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/08/man-attempts-to-travel-around-the-world-in-solar-powered-car/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:50:38 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/08/man-attempts-to-travel-around-the-world-in-solar-powered-car/

One man’s quest to travel around the world in a car without using a drop of gas is coming to a close over a year after it began. Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer has been driving his three-wheeled Solartaxi since last July. So far, he’s logged 27,000 miles and 28 countries.

The $5,000 Solartaxi was built for Palmer by Q-Cells, a German solar company. Zebra Battery provided the adventurer with two 250-pound rechargeable batteries— each valued at $15,000. The batteries store energy from the solar panels, as well as energy from the electric outlets that Palmer plugs the vehicle into every evening.

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