<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dcfd37db-bed1-45ae-a0cd-9f96e05e07e7/E4FE5C34-D458-43CF-9989-7F64917D2CF0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.inhabitat.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/1CF80583-C52E-4201-BA8C-A17450881F76" alt="solar blue car, solar electric vehicle, solar car, electric car, pininfarina, bollore, transportation tuesdays" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><P>Starting this coming spring, a slick new <A href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/08/transportation-tuesday-solar-powered-toyota-prius/">solar-powered electric vehicle</A> will be hitting the streets of Europe. Italian car designer <A href="http://www.pininfarina.com/">Pininfarina</A> and French battery manufacturer <A href="http://www.bollore.com/">Bolloré</A> have officially announced that the five door <A target="_blank" href="http://www.pininfarina.com/index/storiaModelli/Pininfarina-BlueCar.html">Blue Car</A> hatchback is now ready for production. A fully-electric vehicle with solar panels by 2010? Count us in!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/D5E8A6CE-8D1A-4A19-8CF4-5927118FB40B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/45FB92CF-1475-44A5-B4E7-D886D788A199" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/8B552BBE-66AC-4060-B215-078BB514D6BA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/3078E638-07D9-404D-94CB-40BA16D3D56D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/E71BE8CD-623F-4FA6-8A4B-85E92A7DEB54" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/3F276577-7FAA-4560-95B4-54BD1DEC6221" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/64E9C9F2-AE05-444D-B8F1-7ECB8999E84A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><P>Previously unveiled at last years Geneva Show, the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.bluecar.fr/en/pages-accueil/default.aspx">Blue Car</A> is a fully-electric vehicle that comes equipped with solar panels on the rooftop. The vehicle is 3.65 meters long, 1.6 meters high and 1.72 meters wide, and features a 50kW electric motor that provides an acceleration of 0-60mph in around 6 seconds and a top speed of 80mph.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/7863FE12-7616-4194-81CF-41D2F2578B02" alt="solar blue car, solar electric vehicle, solar car, electric car, pininfarina, bollore, transportation tuesdays" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/">The solar panels on the vehicle’s roof provides some power to the vehicle’s systems. It comes with regenerative brakes and a Lithium Metal Polymer batteries, and has a range of 155 miles per charge.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/09/transportation-tuesday-the-solar-powered-blue-car/"><P><STRONG><A target="_blank" href="http://www.bluecar.fr/en/pages-accueil/default.aspx">+ Blue Car</A></STRONG></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E4FE5C34-D458-43CF-9989-7F64917D2CF0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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