{"id":2927,"date":"2013-10-14T23:17:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T13:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T00:34:35","slug":"solar-cars-roll-adelaide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-cars-roll-adelaide\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Cars Roll Through Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Solar Challenge ended in my hometown of &nbsp;Adelaide on Sunday. So I took the kids into town for a close up look at the weird and wonderful solar cars:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"solar-cars-in-adelaide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yryvKzO_iyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately the team I had gone to barrack for (from my old stomping ground, Cambridge University Engineering Dept), managed to roll the car on the first day so they had to withdraw. Bummer!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2928\" style=\"width: 607px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cuer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2928\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2928\" alt=\"cuer solar car\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cuer.jpg\" width=\"597\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cambridge University&#8217;s entry was a little unstable.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Solar Challenge ended in my hometown of &nbsp;Adelaide on Sunday. 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