2013 World Solar Challenge

Charged by sunlight: sun-powered Generation car enters 2013 World Solar Challenge

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University of Michighan unveiled “Generation”, its solar car for “The World Solar Challenge“, the biennial solar-powered car race which covers 3,021 km, from Darwin to Adelaide. The race has a 20-year history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987. The objective of the competition is to promote research on solar-powered cars. … Read more

2013 World Solar Challenge: 4 days in the CUER solar car with the power of a hair dryer

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CUER’s sun-powered car for the 2013 World Solar Challenge   Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) is  a 60 student organisation that design, build and race solar powered vehicles, aiming to win the World Solar Challenge 2013 in Australia, the world’s foremost solar endurance race. Since its founding in 2007, CUER have been the UK’s number … Read more