For Immediate Release - February 27, 2009

 

A Canadian car that consumes no oil, no gas and runs solely on sunlight will be on display at the Canadian Residence in Hancock Park, on March 6, 2009.  Marcelo Da Luz, the creator and a solar enthusiast, has driven the car's flattened sheath floating less than three feet off the ground across North America, and has set the world's distance record for a solar-powered vehicle.  The car, referred to as XOF1, will be arriving in Los Angeles, having driven over 11,500 miles using only sunshine as fuel, never being plugged into the grid, crossing the continental divide 8 times, driving on over 1200 miles of gravel roads, taking on snow, ice, and the low angle of the Northern hemisphere during the wettest summer of the past 30 years in the region.  XOF1 has turned heads from Toronto to Vancouver and over the Golden Gate Bridge.  Residents in one Alaska town called the police to report a UFO.

 

Hosts:           The Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles in partnership with the Canada-California Business Council and                                                     Canadians Abroad 

 

Date:              Friday, March 6, 2009

 

Time:             3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

 

Location:      Official Residence of the Consul General, David Fransen
                        165 South Muirfield Road (Hancock Park), Los Angeles

 

Press:            OPEN TO ALL MEDIA

 

For more information please contact:
Roz Wolfe, Sr. Officer
Consulate General of Canada – Los Angeles
(213) 346-2777
roz.wolfe@...