If something unusual came your way, what do you do? Do you just not even think about it? Or would you ogle at it to get as much details as you can?

Well, a lot of people did the second option. They sure did get interested when a solar car came driving down the roads of Brookings in Oregon. See, what is quite different about this solar car is the fact that it is shaped quite unusually. You can say that it is like a race car from the Formula One but it also has been blended in with the shape of an alien spaceship. So there.

This solar car is known as the Power of One and you can simply spell it out as Xof1. Its humble beginnings started in 1999 with Marcelo da Luz at the helm. It has been driving the roads so as to claim a world record of driving with a car powered by the sun.

Source: Curry Coastal Pilot

All he had to do was make through the roads of Canada in the fastest time possible. It may sound simple but it is not. After all, you would never know what is coming up those roads. But Marcelo da Luz had been able to set a new world record. This Canadian was able to complete 15,000 kilometers in a solar car and he made that in 140 days.This record was actually held previously by an Australian team and that happened back in 2002. However, that is now broken and da Luz is the current title holder. He used a solar car known as the Power of One or the Xofl. Many have said that it looks like those flying saucer objects in the sky but it sure can travel fast and travel well.

This solar car could go up to 200 kilometers for one charging. And with that, it can achieve 120 kilometers per hour as its maximum speed.

Source: cbcnews.ca
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