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A Gallery of Wind-Powered Vehicles

The Ventomobile runs with the wind and on it too.

A team of German students built the a wind-powered vehicle — the Ventomobile - featured above. The design is the brainchild of InVentus, a collaborative effort between Stuttgart University students of Aerospace Engineering. The team finished first in the “Aeolus Race,” held in the Dutch town of Den Helder last Friday. Working with nearly two dozen university students, Alexander Miller and Jan Lehmann built the vehicle in the last year.

The lightweight three-wheeler beat vehicles from five European universities and research centers. In addition to the glory, the team won awards for “innovative design” and their “PR” work, which this post is testimony to. Here are the other competitors:

ECN-Impulse, Netherlands

The ECN-impulse built by the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands finished second.

Zefryos, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, Greece

The wind-powered vehicle “ZEFYROS” is named after the son of the ancient Greek god of the winds Aeolus.

Headwind Tricycle, Flensburg University

The Flensburg University of Applied Sciences won the third prize with their very solid but slow Headwind Tricycle.

The Kiel WindEnergieVehicle, University of Kiel

The Wind Turbine Racer, Technical University of Denmark