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The Solar Car Goes on a Road Trip

You will probably get to see this and hear about in the news more and more in the coming weeks.  Forget about an electric car.  What about a solar car?  A new solar-powered car sponsored by SolarWorld is starting its U.S.…

By Jon C. Ogg
Published January 30, 2012, 3:20pm ET · 1 min read

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You will probably get to see this and hear about in the news more and more in the coming weeks.  Forget about an electric car.  What about a solar car?  A new solar-powered car sponsored by SolarWorld is starting its U.S. road trip tour this week.  The SolarWorld Gran Turismo (GT) is heading out on the road as part of a 21,000-mile promotional tour, effectively enough to circle the globe.

This car is propelled solely by solar power.  No wind.  No gasoline.  The car is a collaboration between SolarWorld and Bochum University of Applied Sciences in Germany.  The Gran Tourismo is a two-seat sports car powered by roof-integrated solar cells.  The car plans to include university stops in California, Arizona, Texas and Florida as part of its road trip.

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These are its stops currently scheduled:

  • 4 p.m. Feb. 3, University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Management, Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • 8:30 a.m. Feb. 6, SolarWorld Americas, Camarillo.
  • 4 p.m. Feb. 10, Arizona State University, Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, Tempe, Ariz.
  • 4 p.m. Feb. 23, Texas Christian University, School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Fort Worth, Tex.
  • 4 p.m. March 9, Florida A&M University, High Performance Materials Institute, Tallahassee, Fla.

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Jon C. Ogg

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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