The world’s biggest solar challenge began in 1987 and is an adventure that occurs once every two years. This year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is the event’s 13th crossing of Australia. 46 teams from 25 countries are striving to make the Darwin start line on Sunday 18 October, in their bid to deliver the world’s most efficient electric car.
Three classes of vehicle, Challenger, Cruiser and Adventure, will take on the Aussie outback in a contest of endurance, strategy and innovation. They are united in their aim – to complete the crossing of the continent from Darwin to Adelaide, some 3000 kilometres to the south, on the power of the sun. The elite Challenger Class is conducted in a single stage from Darwin to Adelaide, with the Adventure Class enjoying a compulsory stop in Alice Springs; the unique nature of the event is that teams set up camp each night wherever they happen to be. In addition, 2015 will see the second running of the Cruiser Class, created to encourage the design of practical electric vehicles where success is judged on a range of design and performance measures.
Team List:
Team Car Name Country Class
University of Michigan Aurum United States Challenger
Nuon Solar Team Nuna8 Netherlands Challenger
Antakari Intikallpa IV Chile Challenger
EAFIT-EPM Solar Car Team Primavera Colombia Challenger
MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team Arcturus United States Challenger
Punch Powertrain Solar Team Punch One Belgium Challenger
Adelaide University Lumen Australia Challenger
Tokai University Tokai Challenger Japan Challenger
Cambridge University Eco Racing Evolution United Kingdom Challenger
Western Sydney University Unlimited Australia Challenger
Team UKZN Hulamin South Africa Challenger
Team Solaris DesTech Solaris Turkey Challenger
Stanford Solar Car Project Arctan United States Challenger
NWU Solar Sirius X25 South Africa Challenger
Eco Photon Stingray Malaysia Challenger
Solar Team Twente Red One Netherlands Challenger
Siam Tech 1 STC-1 Thailand Challenger
GAMF Hungary MegaLux Hungary Challenger
Goko High School Musoushin Japan Challenger
Durham University DUSC2015 United Kingdom Challenger
RVCE Solar Car Team Soleblaze India Challenger
Clenergy TeamArrow Arrow1-GT Australia Challenger
Principia Solar Car Team Ra 9 United States Challenger
Anadolu Solar Team Sunatolia 2 Turkey Challenger
Jusolarteam SOLBRITT Sweden Challenger
NIT Solar Car Racing Club Horizon Z Japan Challenger
K.I.T. Yumekobo Solar Car Project K.I.T Golden Eagle 5.1 Japan Challenger
Blue Sky Solar Racing Canada Challenger
Sun Shuttle Sun Shuttle China Challenger
KUST Baek-Ho South Korea Challenger
HS Bochum SolarCar Team Sun Riser Germany Cruiser
ITU Solar Car Team Aruna Turkey Cruiser
SunSPEC SunSPEC4 Singapore Cruiser
ITS Solar Car Racing Team Widya Wahana Indonesia Cruiser
IVE Solar Car Team SOPHIE V Hong Kong Cruiser
University of Minnesota Eos United States Cruiser
University of Tehran Persian Gazelle (III) Iran Cruiser
Solar Team Eindhoven Stella Lux Netherlands Cruiser
Ardingly Solar Ardingly Solar Car United Kingdom Cruiser
KGHM Lodz Solar Team Eagle One Poland Cruiser
UNSW Solar Racing Team SUNSWIFT eVe Australia Cruiser
Kogakuin University OWL Japan Cruiser
PI Solar Car Team YAS UAE Adventure
Houston Solar Race Team Sundancer United States Adventure
Liberty Solar Car Team Solis Bellator United States Adventure
TAFE SA Solar Spirit TAFE SA Solar Spirit Australia Adventure
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