{"id":581105,"date":"2023-06-30T13:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/solar-hybrid-car-explodes-killing-two-italian-researchers\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T13:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:03:31","slug":"solar-hybrid-car-explodes-killing-two-italian-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/solar-hybrid-car-explodes-killing-two-italian-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Solar-hybrid car explodes, killing two Italian researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Two Italian researchers have died after a solar-powered hybrid car prototype they were test-driving exploded last week near the city of Naples.<\/span><\/p>\n

The vehicle, a rejigged VW Polo, was being developed as part of an EU-funded project to convert old combustion engine cars into solar-powered hybrids. The prototype caught alight last Friday during a test drive, leaving the two occupants in critical condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maria Vittoria Prati, a researcher at Italy\u2019s National Council of Research (CNR), died of complications from third-degree burns on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the CNR paid tribute to Ms Prati as \u201ca brilliant researcher\u201d and \u201can expert in the field of emissions studies and the use of alternative fuels\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The other occupant, research app<\/a>rentice Fulvio Filace, 25, died overnight, a spokesperson for the Cardarelli hospital in Naples told <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/a> on Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Firefighters examine the wreckage of the hybrid car prototype, which caught alight on a ring road near Naples. Credit: ANSA<\/figcaption>