Palestine Polytechnic University Students Build Solar-Powered Car From Scratch

First Posted: 7/19/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Visitors to the West Bank town of Hebron this summer might find a strange-looking white vehicle motoring through its streets -- the first Palestinian solar-powered car.

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Visitors to the West Bank town of Hebron this summer might find a strange-looking white vehicle motoring through its streets -- the first Palestinian solar-powered car.

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