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Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world trip

By Associated Press
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Added 34d 3h ago

POZNAN, Poland - If a solar-powered car can drive 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) around the globe without using a drop of oil, perhaps it can be forgiven for not having a coffee cup holder.

Or maybe that makes Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer’s journey even more remarkable.

 
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Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer, left, arrives in a solar taxi to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, Thursday, Dec 4, 2008.

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