Japanese Students Set World Record in Car Powered by AA Batteries
We're guessing that somewhere in Japan, there's a dormitory full of budding academics that are waking up to find the batteries missing from their remote controls, flashlights, and alarm clocks. How's that? A group of students at the Osaka Sangyo University have established a new world record for the fastest dry cell-powered electric vehicle, hitting 75 miles-per-hour running on 192 AA batteries.
The Oxyride racer is a little slip of a vehicle, reminding of those solar-powered cars that run across Australia’s outback as part of the World Solar Challenge. However, it doesn’t have any solar panels; it relies exclusively on the diminutive cells that normally power small electric household items.
The 84-pound, 1.8-foot tall carbon-fiber reinforced plastic-bodied runabout averaged 65.83 miles in order to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records, topping out at the aforementioned 75 mph.
The project was part of a joint venture between the university and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic-branded batteries.
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Reilly Brennan
I can't figure out if he's laying on his back or his stomach. In any case, he doesn't look comfortable.
CHARLES G.
Shoehorn optional...
Seyth Miersma
Reilly,
I had the same problem with his positioning until I figured out that "he" is just a severed head, hard-wired into the controls. Hope that helps.
Reilly Brennan
Understood. Is his head powered by some of the batteries? If so that should be explained.
Seyth Miersma
The head is powered by magic batteries, so they aren't counted among the 192 "conventional" batteries. Don't you know how electric racecars work?
Reilly Brennan
Sorry, my head batteries were low. I understand now.
ryan
lol, it reminds me of robocop when they were trying to make more officers like him. i can only imagine him saying, "i said, COP, not CAR!"
Christopher
Given that, in Japan, it's possible to buy computerized fish that look awfully close to the real thing, how do you guys know that the head actually came from a real person?
Neko
waste of batteries
Jonathan Fung [Gotakon]
I guess they didn't trust Duracell.
Ducati Minor
I think we shouldn't be surprised--this from a country where the current computer-obsessed generation (no offense to our WR bloggers) prefers buying freaky life-size "love dolls" of young teenage girls instead of being with real women.
Now I'm wondering about Mr. Paukert...with him being a blogger and all...
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Michael
old news. 30 years ago I had a girlfriend who was getting much more satisfaction out of Panasonic model with just 2 batteries. Lasted for about 2-3 hours.
Jonathan Fung [Gotakon]
Ducati Minor,
Take a look at the October edition of Winding Road. I'm pretty sure that is a shot of Mr. Chris Paukert on the front. He doesn't quite look like the kind to get a "love doll." =D
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Ducati Minor
"He doesn’t quite look like the kind to get a 'love doll.'"
No--more like the type to get arrested for solicitation.
Joking aside...
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