LEBANON: University team builds Arab world’s first solar-powered car

A team of engineering students and their professor have built what they describe as the Arab world’s first solar-powered car, according to a news release.

It is named “Apollo’s Chariot,” in reference to the Greek god of the sun. The steel and fiberglass one-seater (pictured) is about 18 feet long and 6 feet wide and weighs about 1,500 pounds.
During a demonstration this week, engineering student Elie Maalouf, one of the designers, drove the vehicle for a few minutes. He took it forward, backward, along a curb and up a hill.

So far, the car has reached a top speed of about 18 mph. But its designers say it can go as fast as 40 mph on the highway.

Los Angeles Times