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Didier Vandenhove – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2021
Didier Vandenhove (Belgium) took part in The Sun Trip 2021, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine is…
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Midnight Sun – Waterloo’s Solar Cars and a 15,070 km Record
The name says it all: north of the Arctic Circle the midnight sun never sets in summer, and a solar car could…
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Anik Pelchat – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2015
Anik Pelchat (Québec (Canada)) took part in The Sun Trip 2015, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine…
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Francis Cottard – Solar Bike on The Sun Trip 2019
Francis Cottard took part in Sun Trip Tour 2019 and Sun Trip Tour 2017, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since…
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Umicar Infinity – Belgium’s Runner-Up in the Outback
Belgium is a small country with a big solar racing tradition. It started at Groep T, a technical college in Leuven, whose…
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Solartaxi – The First Trip Around the World by Solar Car
Some people dream of driving around the world. Louis Palmer, a Swiss schoolteacher from Lucerne, dreamed of doing it without a drop…
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Bernard et Yann Cauquil – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2018
Bernard et Yann Cauquil (France) took part in The Sun Trip 2018, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The…
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Emmanuel Mury – Solar Velomobile on The Sun Trip 2026
Emmanuel Mury (France) took part in Sun Trip Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine is…
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Louis & Michel – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2017
Louis & Michel (France) took part in Sun Trip Tour 2017, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine…
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Clean Motion Zbee – A 230 kg Electric Trike from Sweden
What is the smallest, lightest vehicle that can still carry three people through a city, with a roof over their heads? The…
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Corinne Courvalin – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2018
Corinne Courvalin (France) took part in The Sun Trip 2018, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine is…
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Paul Bermejo – A 78-Year-Old on a Solar Velotechnik Trike
Paul Bermejo, a retired judge and police officer, lives between France and Morocco and is always looking for sunny places. At 78…
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Baptiste & Samuel – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2021
Baptiste & Samuel (France) took part in The Sun Trip 2021, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine…
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Gilles Michaud – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2026
Gilles Michaud (France) took part in Sun Trip Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine is…
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Solar Eagle II – Cal State LA’s Pole-Position Racer
California loves its cars, and in the early 1990s a team at California State University, Los Angeles proved that it could love…
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Patrice Gardin – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2026
Patrice Gardin (France) took part in Sun Trip Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine is…
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Stanford Luminos – 10,000 Safe Miles and 4th in the World
The Stanford Solar Car Project has built solar cars since 1986, and it is proud of one rule: it is completely student-run.…
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Dominique Kestler – Solar Trike on The Sun Trip 2026
Dominique Kestler (France) took part in Sun Trip Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026, the long-distance adventure on solar-powered bikes held since 2013. The machine is…
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Aurora 101 – Australia’s Home-Grown Solar Champion
The World Solar Challenge runs through Australia, but for most of its history the winners came from Japan, the Netherlands, the USA…
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Solarcamper
The Solarcamper built by Peter Freitag is quickly becoming one of the most impressive DIY solar-vehicle projects in the German-speaking world. With…
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Aptera – The Car That Drinks Sunlight
Aptera isn’t just another electric car — it’s a completely reimagined way of moving. Sleek, aerodynamic, and almost alien-looking, it’s the kind…