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==Canada has built a special solar car. The reason it is special is because it is built for being capable for driving on the streets unlike most solar cars, which are used for racing. It was built to break distance records and to promote the use on better energy. There have been many trials that this solar car had to undergo before there was even an idea of this being mass-produced to the public. The tests ranged from track tests to tests with different weather conditions. The first systems to pass were the steering and suspension systems. The engineers had to come up with the technology to help the car anticipate severe weather changes from hot and dry conditions to cold and freezy weather up to 50 miles per hour. There was a particular test that tested the car as a particular object. That test was a failure due to the front-end support arm. The arm wouldn’t be able to handle the load that it had to carry. Engineers then tried to reinforce the arm but then it became to heavy. The third trial the car ran passed the test with a brand new arm engineers designed. The next time the car was driven in the next few months the only flaw was a manufacturing flaw instead of a design flaw, which can be fixed much easier. The name of this solar-powered car is “The Power of One”. ==