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Panasonic World Solar Challenge 20th anniversary - October 21-28, 2007

Sep 17th 2007 1:38PM - 4 Comments

Solar-powered transportation owes a great deal to the participants of races and contests such as the World Solar Challenge in Australia. Starting in 1987, this biennial event covers a 3,000-kilometer route from tropical Darwin in the Northern ...

MIT unveils "Eleanor" 2009 World Solar Challenge competitor

Mar 2nd 2009 10:59AM - 8 Comments

The World Solar Challenge is back for its tenth outing across the wilds of Australia this October. Students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the only ones to have competed in every single running and Eleanor is their tenth such ...

The Sinag solar car is unveiled in the Philippines

Sep 4th 2007 2:03PM - 3 Comments

Using a body of carbon fiber, Kevlar and epoxy swathed over a honeycomb core, the Sinag solar car, a first for the Philippines, is set to enter the 20th World Solar Challenge in Australia in October. The three-wheeled vehicle converts energy from ...

Tigergen Hydrogen Fuel Cell Solar Car Project from Missouri

Apr 29th 2006 10:46AM - 2 Comments

Undergrads at the University of Missouri-Columbia are hard at work putting together a hydrogen fuel cell solar vehicle that will compete in the 2007 World Solar Challenge. That’s about as green as it gets. The SunTiger team’s website is ...

Detroit Auto Show: Michigan solar team building new car under slower rules

Jan 9th 2007 2:44PM - 5 Comments

click on the above image to view the photo gallery of the team exhibit Solar cars are going too fast! I stopped by the University of Michigan solar racer exhibit at the Detroit Auto Show and discovered that race organizers are slowing down the cars ...

Ecofest Report: University of Toronto Blue Sky Solar Racing

Sep 4th 2006 5:02PM - 0 Comments

The University of Toronto's Blue Sky Solar Racing program began in 1997. Now with over 100 student members, they're in the process of developing their third solar race car which should be ready for the 2007 World Solar Challenge. For Ecofest 2006, ...

Solar car from Cambridge University unveiled

Apr 6th 2009 2:24PM - 0 Comments

Click above for hi-res gallery of "Bethany" Competition for the 2009 edition of the World Solar Challenge is shaping up to be somewhat formidable as the Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) team reveals the craft they're bringing to the party ...

AvivaSolar team to compete again at the upcoming Panasonic World Solar Challenge

Oct 16th 2007 2:24PM - 1 Comment

Remember the Panasonic World Solar Challenge? We told you about it a while back, well before any news was available on their site. Now that the race, to be held near the end of October, is getting closer, some of the teams which will be competing ...

Dutch team wins World Solar Challenge for fourth straight year!

Oct 28th 2007 1:11PM - 0 Comments

When it comes to building solar-powered race cars, the team from Delft University in the Netherlands seems to have the process nailed. Their latest sun runner, the Nuna4, captured the World Solar Challenge in Australia for the fourth year in a row. ...

Solar car ready to promote alternative transportation in Philippines

Jan 28th 2007 6:21PM - 0 Comments

Students and faculty members from De La Salle University-Manila have developed a solar-powered car named Sinag. Made from carbon fiber and Nomex, the lightweight speedster will compete in the World Solar Challenge and help promote the use of ...

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GM supporting four teams in World Solar Challenge

Oct 19th 2007 11:10AM - 0 Comments

Click to enlarge General Motors has a twenty-year history with the World Solar Challenge, having won the original with their Sunraycer. Ever since then they have been a sponsor of teams competing in the race across the Australian Outback. This years ...

Why don't we use solar to power our electric cars?

Jun 18th 2009 2:43PM - 36 Comments

Venturi Astrolab concept - Click above for high-res image gallery For years, we've been watching as solar-powered race cars travel at relatively high rates of speed for hours on end – as long as the sun happens to be shining, of course. In ...

Wired NextFest Report: Xof1 aims to set world distance solar record

Oct 2nd 2006 7:43PM - 0 Comments

Marcelo da Luz is a kind and unassuming man with huge ambitions. He has his sights set on establishing a world distance record for a solar vehicle. That is why he started the Power of 1 (Xof1) project. Marcelo is not an engineer or a scientist, ...

GM Design helps U-M students develop new solar race car

Feb 14th 2007 3:55PM - 0 Comments

Engineering students at the University of Michigan have been building solar powered racers for many years. Currently they are working on their ninth generation car called Continuum with technical assistance from General Motors. Staff at the ...

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