"The World Solar Challenge covers some 1,880 miles of mostly outback Australia, from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in the south. The route along the paved Stuart Highway takes in tropical rain forests, savannas and desert, but hot sun is a frequent traveling companion. And that’s a good thing when your cars are powered by sunlight. The typical competition car looks like an earthbound space ship, low and flat, with all horizontal surfaces covered with solar panels and a small bubble canopy for the driver. The average speed (in traffic) is 64 miles per hour, according to the Michigan Engineering Forum, but the cars are capable of going much faster." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet