Solar journey pair needs your help

solar-journ-garret-rob2A few months ago we wrote about an inspiring plan by two Columbia University graduate students to drive across the U.S. in a production, highway capable EV powered only by solar-electricity the pair plans to generate via a unique portable solar unit they will trail behind them.

Garrett Fitzgerald and Rob Van Haaren want to drive 3,200, 100-percent solar-charged miles from coast to coast in the summer of 2012.

ā€œTo our knowledge, a trip like this where we wonā€™t be using any offset electricity hasnā€™t been done before,ā€ Fitzgerald told SolarChargedDriving.Com in April.

ā€œWe will be completely autonomous in terms of where the electricity comes from ā€“ we will never be plugging into the electric grid,ā€ added Van Haaren.

A 100% grid free journey
However, while Fitzgerald and Van Haaren will be 100-percent grid free during their journey, they need your help so that they can embark on their historic trip.

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Right now, theyā€™re working hard to raise the money theyā€™ll need to complete the trip. They estimate theyā€™ll need about $20 per mile, or about $64,000 total to do what has to be one of the coolest cross-country road trips weā€™ve heard about.

We just sauntered over to their donations web page and donated a few dollars to help the pair do what no one has yet done ā€“ drive a production electric car across America with electricity generated 100 percent via solar energy.

Weā€™re sure theyā€™d appreciate your help as well. So, if you find their trip inspiring, we hope youā€™ll consider donating.

If youā€™d like to learn more about their journey before you donate, you can read about it in a feature story we wrote about Fitzgerald, Van Haaren, and SolarJourney.USACom a few months ago.

To donate to SolarJourneyUSA, go to: http://solarjourneyusa.com/donate.php

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