VIDEO: XOF1 Solar Powered Skiing

Light cars take on heavy trips

Power of One

The solar-powered XOF1 electric car takes to the gravel-topped Dempster Highway, the only all-weather road in Canada that crosses the Arctic Circle.

Alan Boyle writes: Automotive innovators are proving that low-weight, high-efficiency cars can go the distance. But can they can make it in the marketplace?
If anyone thinks that lightweight cars can't cover long stretches of the road, the solar-powered XOF1 electric car should convince them how wrong they are. Back in 2008, the spacey-looking car's creator and driver, Marcelo da Luz, steered the XOF1 (which stands for "Power of One") from Buffalo, N.Y., to the Canadian Arctic, then down to California, then over to Florida, then back up to Canada and the Arctic again.
In April, the 470-pound XOF1 became the first all-solar car to travel Canada's Ice Highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in the high Arctic, as documented in this amazing CBC News documentary. Da Luz now holds the world distance record for solar-powered automobile travel, racking up 22,436 miles (36,220 kilometers) on the XOF1.
Here's the XOF1 First Solar Power Skiing:

<p>XOF1 First Solar Power Skiing from XOF1 on Vimeo.</p>

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