Scappoose invasion?

By Darryl Swan

The South County Spotlight, Jan 22, 2009, Updated Oct 30, 2009

Darryl Swan / The South County Spotlight

This solar-powered car was spotted in Scappoose on Thursday, Jan. 15, and is attempting to set the land distance record for a solar-powered vehicle.

Nope, we’re not living under alien control just yet, unless you consider the new wave of solar-powered vehicle engineering an alien concept.

This craft is the result of an international project, called the Power of One, aimed at setting the world land distance record for a solar-powered vehicle.

Primarily made up of Canadian scientists and high-tech companies, and conceived as a result of 1987’s World Solar Challenge, the project’s diary notes an extended stay in Lacey, Wash., in December prior to getting back on the road.

Turns out solar power has a ways to go before tackling overcast Pacific Northwest skies and a historic snowstorm.

The dome glass cockpit skewed the image of the sunglass-wearing driver, and further analysis shows he looks like an average man, and has not been sent here to devour our brains. For more information on the project, visit www.xof1.com.

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