Not a fast race. High school students driving solar powered cars they built, following the sun with hopes to get from Texas to California in 8 days. The Solar Car Challenge started 20 years ago to motivate students in the sciences, engineering, and technology

Not a fast race. High school students driving solar powered cars they built, following the sun with hopes to get from Texas to California in 8 days. The Solar Car Challenge started 20 years ago to motivate students in the sciences, engineering, and technology Stock Photo
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J. G. Domke / Alamy Stock Photo

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23 July 2013

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Parker County, Texas, USA

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High school students meet in Texas after every summer to test the solar powered vehicle they have spent two years working on. www.solarcarchallenge.org 2013 marks the 20th year they have come together and the third cross-country race to Los Angeles, Calif. Other races have ended in New York, Colorado, Florida, etc. These "experimental vehicles" are driven by the students at an average speed of 15-20 miles per hour. On the first day they left Fort Worth, Texas, and went west along US 180 to Snyder, Texas. Some 200 plus miles!