When it comes to crazy-cool engineering, nobody can top ze Germans. If it�s even vaguely plausible, you can bet that some German crackpot inventor has done it. Well, now two Germans � Stefan Simmerer and Dirk Gion � have broken three Guinness World Records in a ... wait for it ... wind turbine powered electric car.
That�s right, an EV that�s powered by a wind turbine, those big robotic looking windmills you may have seen in farms atop hilltops in Scotland or Pennsylvania. Here�s how it works:
At night, Simmerer and Gion park the Wind Explorer � that�s what it�s called � and erect a nifty looking collapsible wind turbine. While they sleep, the lightweight turbine generates enough energy to recharger the Wind Explorer�s batteries. If they�re running low on energy during the day, they can whip out a kite that helps powered the vehicle forward.
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