The Wind Explorer, the latest vehicle in the category of wind-powered vehicles, completed a 3,100 mile trek across Australia a few days ago. This car is powered solely on wind, making it more efficient than a horse. In the car's fuselage is a portable wind-turbine, which can recharge the car in about 5 hours. The car can travel 250 miles before needing to recharge its battery. Even if the car ran out of battery (recharged by the wind-turbine), a portable parachute can be used to "tug" the car towards the wind, like a sailboat. This innovative technology will hopefully be used frequently next year.
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