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York man builds UK’s first road-legal solar car
7:09pm Wednesday 18th June 2008
Comments (14)WELCOME to the future of transport - the UK's first road-legal solar car.
And one young man from York is part of the team that designed it.
Bootham School old boy Anthony Law worked on the project while studying engineering at the Cambridge University.
As part of the university's Eco Racing team, the 22-year-old joined other students in building the solar-powered racing car to enter in the World Solar Challenge in 2008. And he brought it to Bootham School earlier this week.
"We are driving our prototype vehicle from Land's End to John O'Groats as part of our outreach activities," he said.
"We have a dedicated and fully-trained team of volunteers - myself included - and we hope that by showing young people our solar car, with its exciting and futuristic design, we can educate and inspire them about environmental issues and sustainable technologies."
He said it was vital to look at alternative, sustainable technologies because road travel contributed more than 20 per cent of the UK's CO2 emissions.
He said: "Our solar-powered car, Affinity, shows that sustainable transport can be glamorous - not only does Affinity have infinite range and zero emissions, it also looks amazing."
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root-two, York says...
7:36pm Wed 18 Jun 08
He said: "Our solar-powered car, Affinity, shows that sustainable transport can be glamorous - not only does Affinity have infinite range and zero emissions, it also looks amazing."
Very salutory, but how much did it cost to build?
tombo, york says...
8:05pm Wed 18 Jun 08
How many minutes does it take to get from 0 to 60 mph?
What is the top speed?
Zaphrentites, York says...
8:15pm Wed 18 Jun 08
Peter, york says...
9:46pm Wed 18 Jun 08
Affinity have infinite range
I don't think it will at night in winter.
martin, York says...
10:04pm Wed 18 Jun 08
it's not sunny enough in England.
Silver, York says...
11:11pm Wed 18 Jun 08
A user, Selby says...
9:22am Thu 19 Jun 08
Gypsy, Netto says...
9:38am Thu 19 Jun 08
A user, Selby says...
10:50am Thu 19 Jun 08
tomtom05, Hull says...
11:43am Thu 19 Jun 08
Jon A, York says...
12:19pm Thu 19 Jun 08
Would you feel safe driving down the road in something about 12inches high (judging the height by the way he's having to kneel by it in the photo)
It may be a good idea and use of technology but hardly what could be termed 'glamorous'
platform 9, york says...
2:48pm Thu 19 Jun 08
petethefeet, York says...
3:10pm Thu 19 Jun 08
That is, until they start road-pricing of course.
Ex-Bootham School pupil Anthony Law with the solar-powered car he helped to develop with colleagues at Cambridge University
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TooRad, york says...
7:33pm Wed 18 Jun 08
Does he not know that honest taxpayers have paid for the right to stubbornly burn off fossil fuels willy-nilly? Does he not realise that they think it's all a tax scam?
No amount of sensible forward thinking innovative genius is going to stop the selfish loudmouths from calling him a stupid lefty do-gooder!
Now let's wait for some plonker to tell us it's not sunny enough in England.