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Lightweight Car Powered By Evonik
by Marc S. Reisch
February 18, 2013
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 91, Issue 7
A vehicle made with Evonik Industries’ structural foam Rohacell and powered by batteries incorporating Evonik electrodes and ceramic separators made a 3,000-mile journey across Australia. Drivers charged the vehicle’s 8-kWh lithium-ion battery overnight using a portable wind-powered turbine. They gained extra mileage out of the aptly named Wind Explorer by hitching it to a kite when the wind was blowing in the right direction.
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