The small two-seater, hauling a trailer of solar cells and carrying chief UN climate official Yvo de
Boer, glided up to a building in Poznan, Poland, where delegates from some 190 nations are
working toward a new treaty to control climate change.
The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the UN climate talks
on Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global
warming.
This is the first time in history that a solar-powered car has travelled all the way around the world
without using a single drop of petrol.
36-year-old Swiss schoolteacher and adventurer who made around-the-world trip by solar car.
The car, which runs noiselessly, can travel up to 90 kph and covers 300 kilometres on a fully
charged battery.This car runs like a Swiss clock.
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