James Cameron is a man who loves to embrace the future. He’s given us his take on the subject through such films like Terminator 2, Aliens, and the upcoming Avatar. So it’s not so surprising then to see him cruising around in a solar-powered taxi.
The famous director (who we should also mentioned embraced the past with Titanic), was spotted a couple weeks ago at the Malibu Arts Festival checking out and riding around in the solartaxi, the first completely solar-powered car to drive around the world. As one would expect, this is an emissions-free vehicle that derives its power completely from the sun. It seats two, has three wheels and pulls a trailer covered in solar panels to charge the batteries in the front of the car. It has a top speed of about 50mph and can do roughly 100 miles on a six-hour charge. So far, the inventor, Louis Palmer, has taken the vehicle to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, New Zealand and now North America.
Want solar on your car? Look for the 2010 Prius to sport some panels up top — though the best you’ll get from it is some air conditioning and juice for your gadgets
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