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U.A.E. Resident Fuels His Road-Tripping Wheelchair With the Sun

by Warren Riddle on November 22, 2010 at 04:12 PM

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Haidar Taleb, a resident of the United Arab Emirates, embarks on a 200-mile wheelchair road trip this week, and he plans to completely fuel the journey with solar power. Taleb's mission, which will take him through all seven Emirates, is to reportedly "raise awareness of disability and sustainability as well as what we can achieve as individuals if we have the courage and determination to try." This won't be the 47-year-old Emirati's first solar-powered sojourn either, because -- just a few weeks ago -- he set a Guinness record for motoring his chair 88 miles in 14 hours.

Energy firm Masdar helped to construct Taleb's chair, which currently resembles a golf cart. It's hard to find fault with Taleb's awesome feat of engineering, but, if he could get someone like David Pompa to collaborate with design, he'd truly be riding in laid-back, pimped-out, solar-powered style.

Tags: disabled, green, HaidarTaleb, solar, SolarPower, top, transportation, uae, UnitedArabEmirates, wheelchair

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