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There are a growing number of solar powered cars and car events.........

 

 

SOLAR POWERED CARS ROCK

 

 

Solar powered car racing events continue to gain in popularity the world over.  They say racing improves the breed and this is no exception.  What is clear from the make up of the teams below, is that most of the development of solar racers is undertaken by university teams.  It seems this is a young engineers sport and that the cars of the future are being developed without any major assistance from the big car makers, but with sponsorship from educational institutions and business.

 

 

 

 

ORGANISATION A-Z

CAR'S NAME

TEAM NAME

Aristotle Uni of Thessaloniki, Helios

Helios

Faculty of Engineering

Arizona Solar Racing Team - USA

Arizona Solar Racing Team

Auburn University

Sol of Auburn

Sol of Auburn

Aurora Team, Australia

Aurora

Aurora Vehicle Association

Bochum Solar Car Team

Das SolarCar der Fachhochschule

California Poly S University

SLO Burn  Sidewinder

San Luis Obispo

Clarkson Uni Solar Car Team, USA

The Solar Knights

Delft University - Holland

NUNA I & II 2003

Dell Winston School

The Hunter

Solar Car Challenge

Desert Rose, Northern Territory Uni

FUJI DESERT ROSE

Drexel SunDragon Home Page

École de technologie supérieure Quebec

Eclipse V (5)

Éclipse Vehicular Solaire 

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Esteban

Eko-Auto  Poland

Eko-Auto

Electron Analytic Corporation

Dark Horse

EAC Skunkworks

George Washington University

George Washington Uni Solar Car

Georgia Institute of Technology

Solar Jackets

Solar Jackets

Heliodet, Germany

Heliodet

Heliodet, Solar Car Team

Helios - Lille, France

Hélios IV

Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur

Honda Car Company

Honda

Illinois State University

Surya, Ratha, Mercury

Illinois State University Team

Iowa State University

Fusion

Team PrISUm

Jonasun  Japan

Orbit

Solar Car Paviion

Kansas State University

Paragon

Solar Car Racing Team

Los Altos Academy of Engineering

Los Altos Solar Car Team

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tesseract

MIT

McGill University Monteal, Canada

iSun

Team iSun

McMaster University

Phoenix

McMaster Uni Solar Car Project

Messiah College Grantham, Penns

Genesis II

Genesis II Solar Racing Team

Michigan State University

 

Solar Racing Team

Michigan Technological University

Solar Car Team

Minnesota S Uni-Mankato/Winona S Uni

Minnesota Solar Car Team

North Dakota State University

The Double Deuce

Sunsetters - Solar Race Team

Northwestern University

N'Uvation

Northwestern University

Nuon Solar Team, Netherlands

Nuon 3

Het Nuon Solar Team

Osaka Sangyo University, Japan

OSU model S

Solar Car Team

Prairie View A&M University

Solaris

Sun Panthers

Principia College

RA 6

Principia College Solar Car Team

Purdue University

SPOT 2

Purdue University Solar Racing

Queen's University Canada

Radiance  Gemini

Queen's Solar Vehicle Team

Red River College 

Red River Raycer

Red River College Solar Car Team

Rice University

Rice University

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Rose-Hulman Solar Car Team

Southern Illinois Uni Edwardsville

Cougar Cruiser

Southern Illinois University

South Bank University, UK

Mad Dog

South Bank Mad Dog Team

South Dakota School Mines & Tech

Solar Motion

South Dakota Solar Motion Team

Southern Taiwan University Tech

Southern Taiwan Solar Team

Stanford University

Solstice

Stanford Solar Car Project

Tamagawa University - Japan

Tamagawa Solar Challenge Project

Team Futura, Italy

FUTURA 2

Team Futura

Team SunLake - Japan

Phaethon model

Team SunLake TOYOBO

Texas A&M University

Columbia Sunraycer

Texas A&M Motorsports Team

The Power of One  - Toronto

Xof1

The Xof1 solar car team

Tufts University

ANNE E. B. II

Nerd Girls

University of Alberta

University of Alberta Team

University of Arizona

Drifter

Solar Racing Team

University of Calgary

 

UC Calgary Solar Car Team

University of California-Berkeley

CalSol 

California Calsol Team

University of Kansas

Solution, CATalyst

KSU Solar Car Racing Team

University of Kentucky

Gato del Sol II

Solar Car Team

University of Massachusetts 

Spirit of Mass 413

Lowell Solar Racing Team

University of Michigan

Momentum

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

Borealis III

U of M Solar Vehicle Project

University of Missouri Columbia

Suntiger VI

The Mizzou Solar Car Project

University of Missouri Rolla

Solar Miner V

Solar Minor Car Team 

University of North Dakota

Subzero 3

Team SubZero

University of Ontario Institute of Tech

UOI Solar Vehicle Team

Uni of New South Wales SCR Team

UNSW Sunswift III

New South Wales SCR Team

University of Patras, Hermes

Solar Car Team

University of Pennsylvania

Keystone

Penn Solar Racing

University of Queensland

Sunshark

Queensland Solar Team

University of South Australia

Ned  KELLY

SA Solar Car Consortium

University of Texas at Austin

Solar Steer

Solar Vehicles Team

University of Texas at El Paso

 

Solraycers

University of Toronto

Blue Sky

Blue Sky Solar Racing

University of Toulouse

Heliotrope

Heliotrope Solar Car Team

University of Utah 

 

Vehicle Design Team Utah

University of Virginia

 

UVa Solar Car Team

University of Waterloo

Midnight Sun VIII

Midnight Sun Solar Race Team

University of Western Ontario

Sunstang

Sunstang USP Solar Car Team

USP Solar Car Team

USP Solar Car Team

Western Michigan University

Sunseeker 05

W Michigan Solar Car Team

Yale University

The John Lee

Team Lux

 

 

 


SOLAR CARS

 

 

ANNE E. B. II

BEAM MACHINE

COLUMBIA

COUGAR CRUISER

DRIFTER

ESTEBAN III

FUJI DESERT ROSE

FUSION

GATO DEL SOL II

GEMINI 

HONDA

MAD DOG

KEYSTONE

MERCURY I

MIDNIGHT SUN VIII

MIT SEVT

MOMENTUM

NED and KELLY

NUNA I

NUNA II 2003

NU'NERGY

PARAGON

PHOENIX

QUIET ACHIEVER

RA 6

RED RIVER RAYCER

SOLAR JACKETS

SOLAR MINER 

SOLAR PHANTOM

SOLAR STEER

SOL OF AUBURN

SOLSTICE

SPOT 2

SUNRAYCER

SUNSEEKER 05

SUNSTANG

SUNSWIFT

SUNTIGER VI

TESSERACT

THE JOHN LEE

ULTRAVIOLET

 

  

 

 

World Solar Challenge Trophy

 

 

 

SOLAR CAR TEAMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF YOUR TEAM OR EVENT IS NOT LISTED HERE,  PLEASE CONTACT US.

 

 

 

 

LINKS TO SOLAR CAR EVENTS

 

 

American Solar Challenge

American Tour de Sol

American World Solar Challenge - Formula Sun          

Australian World Solar Challenge

Canadian Solar Discovery Challenge

Dream Cup Solar Car Race Suzuka 2003 - Japan

Japanese World Solar Car Rallye

North American Solar Challenge

Phaethon 2004

Solar Express - Solar Bike Race

Sunrayce

SunRace 2003 - Australia

World Solar Car Rally - Japan

World Solar Rallye - Japan

 

 

 


 

 

 

SOME USEFUL SITES

 

 

The UK SOLAR ENERGY Society

SunDay 1998

Sun@Work on the Web

Photovoltaics Special Research Centre

International Solar Energy Society

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Clean Cars and Sustainable Energy Vehicles

Solar Century - Photovoltaic Installations in the UK

Phebus - Photovoltaic Installations in France

Build A Solar Car

South Bank University Research Centres

Don's Autopages http://www.donsautopages.co.nz/  A comprehensive record breaking directory.

European Space Agency

 

 

 


 

 

Apart from winning events, the outright speed of the competing vehicles is rising. Aurora set a record on 16 march 2002, achieving 53.56 mph or 86.20 kph.  Then Delft University attained a speed of more than 100 kph with  'Nuna' and then achieved 105 miles and hour in the Netherlands-based Nuna 2 (170 kilometers an hour).

 

However, according to the Guinness Book of Records the fastest solar powered vehicle is GM's 'Sunraycer' with a speed of 78.39 km/hr (48.71 mph) set on June 24 1988.  Who is right and which record is official?

 

 

 

 

THINKING OF BUILDING YOUR OWN SOLAR CAR?  CHECK OUT THE PAGES BELOW AS THEY COME ONLINE........

 

 

 

1. Chassis - and seating

2. Mechanics - suspension, steering, brakes

3. Motor and drive train

4. Motor controller

5. Solar Array - usually part of body

6. Batteries or fuel cells

7. Electrical System - and instruments

8. Driver Controls - switches, lighting, etc

9. Bodywork - Screen, etc

 

 

 

SOLAR CAR PART FINDER 

 

 

 


 


ORGANISATION A-Z

CAR'S NAME

REF

TEAM NAME

Auburn University

Sol of Auburn

7

Sol of Auburn

CalSol

 

254

CalSol

École de technologie supérieure

 

101

Éclipse

École Polytechnique de Montréal

 

55

Esteban

Electron Analytic Corporation

Dark Horse

13

EAC Skunkworks

Georgia Institute of Technology

 

80

Solar Jackets

Illinois State University

Surya - Ratha

 

Illinois State University

Iowa State University

Fusion

9

Team PrISUm

Kansas State University

Paragon

28

Solar Car Racing Team

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tesseract

6

MIT

McGill University

iSun

66

Team iSun

McMaster University

Phoenix

116

McMaster Solar Car Project

Michigan State University

 

 

Solar Racing Team

North Dakota State University

The Double Deuce

22

Sunsetters - Solar Race Team

Northwestern University

N'Uvation

41

Northwestern University

Prairie View A&M University

Solaris

 

Sun Panthers

Principia College

RA 6

32

Solar Car Team

Purdue University

SPOT 2

314

Purdue Solar Racing

Queen's University

 

100

Solar Vehicle Team

Red River College

Red River Raycer

 

Red River Solar Car Team

Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Cougar Cruiser

57

South Illinois University

Stanford University

Solstice

16

Stanford Solar Car Project

Texas A&M University

Columbia

12

Texas A&M Motorsports Team

Tufts University

 

 

Nerdgirls

University of Arizona

Drifter

8

Solar Racing Team

University of Calgary

 

 

University of Calgary

University of Kentucky

Gato del Sol II

4

Solar Car Team

University of Michigan

Momentum

2

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

 

35

Solar Vehicle Project

University of Missouri - Columbia

Suntiger VI

43

The Mizzou Solar Car Project

University of Missouri - Rolla

Solar Miner V

42

Solar Car Team

University of Pennsylvania

Keystone

76

Penn Solar Racing

University of Texas at Austin

Solar Steer

152

Solar Vehicles Team

University of Texas at El Paso

 

 

Solraycers

University of Toronto

 

5

Blue Sky Solar Racing

University of Utah

 

 

Vehicle Design Team

University of Virginia

 

 

UVa Solar Car Team

University of Waterloo

Midnight Sun VIII

24

Midnight Sun Solar Race Team

University of Western Ontario

Sunstang

50

Sunstang

Western Michigan University

Sunseeker 05

786

Western Michigan University

Yale University

The John Lee

77

Team Lux

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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