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Second Philippine-made solar car launched

Following the resounding success of SINAG, the Philippines' first solar car, the Philippine Solar Car Society now launches SIKAT, proving the Filipino's capability to lead in solar power technology. The design and construction of the SIKAT solar car was undertaken by a dedicated group of faculty and students from the Mechanical Engineering and the Electronics and Communications Engineering departments of De La Salle University- Manila, in partnership with the Philippine Solar Car Society, Inc. Both SINAG and SIKAT have bodies made out of carbon fiber in order to be as light as possible to achieve a higher running speed required in …