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Swiss ahead in round the world “clean car” race

Three teams driving zero emission vehicles are competing to circumnavigate the world in 80 days, and the Swiss are winning the race so far. Their sporty, two-seater, enclosed motorcycle, the Zerotracer, was designed and engineered by Tobias Wülser and Frank Loacker at Designwerk in Winterthur. swissinfo caught up with Frank half way through the competition. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch/Designwerk/SF)

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Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001. 

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Solar taxi tour ends in the snow

This content was published on Plagued by snow, ice and a broken windscreen wiper, the final days of the 53,451 kilometre tour were a chilly challenge for Palmer and his “Solartaxi” team. Despite the difficult conditions, Palmer was a mere 25 minutes late for his homecoming party at the D4 Technopark in Root in canton Lucerne – not bad considering…

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