The featured image is a fully functional automobile. It competed in the Formula Sun at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, in 2015. The top was covered with solar cells to power the vehicle. The cars in the American Solar Challenge were tested on curves, braking, and, in the case of COTA, whether they could make it to the top of famous Turn 1. Some cars didn’t make it to the top of Turn One on a first try.
This is a common vehicle at any of the COTA races. With Austin being known as the city with the world’s largest urban bat colony of Mexican free-tailed bats, the bicycle fits very well with the city vibe. The bicycles shuttle spectators to and from the parking areas to COTA’s main gates. Each bicycle tries to outshine the others with creative designs.
The history (and stories) this carriage could tell…
Would you travel in space in one of those?
That is the story behind the shots. If you liked this post, you might also be interested in others featuring Austin, Circuit of the Americas, COTA, Monochrome, Monochrome Madness, Sports, and Texas. Until the next time, keep clicking and capturing the beauty your eyes find.
For Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #37 – Modes of Transportation hosted by Dawn’s The Day After.
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Hammad Rais
Going for a monochrome treatment on these creative ideas yielded an interesting perspective, about each of them 🙂
Egidio Leitao
Thanks for this feedback. Some photos work nicely as a monochrome.
Donna Robinson Photography
Fun post Egidio! Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Egidio Leitao
Thank you, Donna. It’s fun to have some fun with off-the-wall posts.
Donna Robinson Photography
Indeed! Sometimes those are the best!
Writing to Freedom
Fun vehicles and post but no for me on riding any of them! 🙂
Egidio Leitao
I don’t blame you. Thanks for the feedback.
solaner
I’d love to visit space. But I’m quite sure, not in that vehicle. It absolutely does not look reliable.
Egidio Leitao
I agree with you completely. Thanks for writing.
Anne Sandler
What a fun post and event Egidio. I loved the stagecoach!
Egidio Leitao
Thanks, Anne. I wish I could have gotten closer to the stagecoach. It was beyond a fence.
Leanne Cole
These are great Egidio, and I wouldn’t travel anywhere in that last one, way too small.
Egidio Leitao
Thanks, Leanne. The bike seems to be the most comfortable for me.
margaret21
Well, these are different! I’l take the bat-mobile please! By the way, as you never appear in my Reader, I unsubscribed, then subscribed again, No difference…. WP, eh?
Egidio Leitao
I don’t know why the Reader won’t show the posts. You show as subscribed. Do you have another WP account perhaps? I’ve given up trying to make sense of WP. One day all is fine, and then the next is pure garbage.
margaret21
I do have another blog, about books. But I don’t see what dfference that makes. WP, eh?
Egidio Leitao
I was thinking you might use a different email for the other blog. Well, WP has a mind of its own. It’s futile for us to try to understand it.
margaret21
Nope, no other email address. Just the one…