Science & Environment

The charge of the light brigade

On Sunday, November 11, 1990, 36 fragile solar-powered vehicles left Darwin to travel 3000km across the centre of Australia to Adelaide in a race described by the organisers as "the event of the future"—the World Solar Challenge. Among the challengers was a group of Kiwis trying out their solar wings.

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