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Xof1 solar car team victims of theft in New Orleans

Marcelo da Luz and his team, world record holders for the furthest distance traveled in a solar-powered car, have had their share of ups and downs on their journey across North America in the Xof1 (Power of One) solar car. At one point, the car was even mistaken for a flying saucer with little green men aboard. Sadly, after making it all the way to New Orleans, Louisiana, driver Marcelo da Luz was robbed of passports, laptops, credit cards, cash, a digital camera and a portable hard drive. The loot was removed from the crew's support van, ... Read more →

Solar-powered Power of 1 (Xof1) sets new distance record Sebastian Blanco

Way back in 2006, we spoke with Marcelo da Luz about his ambitious project to drive a solar car farther than anyone had ever driven one, about 14,000 kilometers across North America. This past ...

Watch out, coppers! It's a solar car, Code Xof1 Sebastian Blanco

Power of 1 solar car starts stability tests Mike Magda

Wired NextFest Report: Xof1 aims to set world distance solar record Derrick Y. Noh

Marcelo da Luz is a kind and unassuming man with huge ambitions. He has his sights set on establishing a world distance record for a solar vehicle. That is why he started the Power of 1 (Xof1) ...

Xof1 solar car team victims of theft in New Orleans 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Solar-powered Power of 1 (Xof1) sets new distance record 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Way back in 2006, we spoke with Marcelo da Luz about his ambitious project to drive a solar car farther than anyone had ever driven one, about 14,000 kilometers across North America. This past weekend, he reached his goal up in Victoria, British Columbia after cruising over 15,070 km (9,364 miles) ...

Watch out, coppers! It's a solar car, Code Xof1 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Is it a secret image taken in Area 51 of a spacefaring vehicle? Has the Mothership come for all of us? Or is it just the aerodynamic slipperiness of the Xof1 (Power of 1) solar powered car? It's the latter, but that didn't stop someone up in Alaska from thinking suspicious thoughts as Canadian ...

Power of 1 solar car starts stability tests 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's not liking watching a Corvette ZO6 carve up the slalom course, but the solar-powered Xof1 started stability testing at Flamboro Speedway this week. The Power of 1 project is the brainchild of Marcelo da Luz. The goal is to set a long-distance record with trips across Canada and the U.S. ...

Wired NextFest Report: Xof1 aims to set world distance solar record 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Marcelo da Luz is a kind and unassuming man with huge ambitions. He has his sights set on establishing a world distance record for a solar vehicle. That is why he started the Power of 1 (Xof1) project. Marcelo is not an engineer or a scientist, however, at this point he should be considered an ...

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