Group departs on around-the-world trip in electric car

Group departs on around-the-world trip in electric car

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Fujinaka, professor of electronic engineering at Tokyo Denki University, waves to photographers as he and a group of students leave Tokyo on July 5 for an around-the-world trip in an electric-powered car. The 18,000-kilometer trip will take them to China, then Russia, western Europe, the United States and back to Japan.

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