L2B London to Brighton solar car run trademark   L2B the LONDON to BRIGHTON car run on SOLAR ENERGY

  An event to encourage young engineers of the future to spread their wings

 

 

THE "LONDON TO BRIGHTON SOLAR CAR RUN" - L2B SCR™ 2015/16

 

We are very sorry to have to report that due to manpower issues, it is unlikely that Max Energy Ltd will be able to manage events for 2015-16.

 

That said, negotiations with the Department for Transport, Highways and the Motor Sports Association paved the way in 2008. It appears that provided vehicles entering the event meet with certain rules and regulations, this event may take place. The details (fine print) and a mechanism to ensure entrants know what they have to do to comply, together with other commercial considerations, marshalling and scrutineering, will take some time to work out.

 

 

NK, design engineer and vehicle fabricator

 

NK - solar and EV design engineer - negotiated the original permissions in 2008 in a record whirlwind two months. Credit where credit is due, it takes good management and communications to achieve such a result. He would be only too pleased if another organisation with more resources might consider running this event independently.

 

 

We are advising those interested that in 2008 our then project manager, working with Katherine Hudson negotiated with the Secretary of State (Department for Transport), Brighton and Hove City Council and Westminster City Council for a start at Hyde Park and finish in Preston Park, with hospitality marquees, etc. Please read the letters of support here. We believe that permissions will still be forthcoming in fresh negotiations.

 

 

   

 

 

INNOVATION 

 

This event and others like it around the World, give budding engineers and entrepreneurs  the chance to pit their wits against other people who are prepared to have a go, experiment and learn by doing. Ours, is a fun event, where experimentation is encouraged.

 

The rules of the event are designed to give everyone the same chance of enjoying the run, to include: schools, colleges, university's and private or family teams - a level playing field.

 

To achieve this aim, competitors should spend a prescribed amount on materials and components (no more) and only so much (fixed) area of solar panel is allowed.  You may spend as much time designing and building you solar car as you can afford. This is a Class 1 entry with prizes for build quality and conceptual design. Class 2 entries are not eligible for prizes, but will have their cars judged for quality and concept. Please see the rules page for details.

 

If you had not previously thought about building a solar car and wonder what it involves, take a look at the pages listed below.  Please note that some of the cars in these articles are built on significantly higher budgets than our rules allow.  You may build parts yourself to save money, but most competitors will be using cheaply available off the shelf products.

 

When you email us with your interest, please include your name, age and the names of anyone likely to be in your team.  Also include your address or the team's headquarters, school, college, etc.  Pictures will be required for official entry forms, not yet available. Please do not supply these yet.

 

 

 

A solar car

 

 

 

ROUTE

 

As with other famous historic London to Brighton runs, we hope to start in Hyde Park in London, on the north side of the River Thames. See our Route page for details.

 

 

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 2015-16

 

If your company would like to participate in this event, help budding students, engineers and artists to experience the thrill of competing in a vehicle they have helped to design and build, we would like to hear from you urgently. It is not possible to stage an event like this without corporate backing. At time of writing there is no solar event in the UK. Ideally, we are seeking a consumer electronics company (telecommunications or computers) or financial institution.

 

Please contact Terry for more information:  ace@speedace.info

 

                                  

 

 

 

BRIGHTON STATISTICS

Population:

247,817

Ordnance Survey

OS grid reference:

Maps for TQ315065

Administration

District:

Brighton & Hove

Region:

South East England

Nation:

England

Other

Ceremonial county:

East Sussex

Traditional county:

Sussex

Post office and telephone

Post town:

BRIGHTON

Postcode:

BN1, BN2

Dialling code:

01273

Politics

UK Parliament:

 

European Parliament:

South East England

The red cross on white background flag of England

 

 

 

LONDON INFORMATION

 

BRIGHTON INFORMATION

 

L2B RULES

 

 

 

 

 

SOLAR CAR RACING EVENT A - Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

A dream can make all the difference under the sun - when a bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher (Halle Berry), attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia. One of our favourites.

 

 

 

The teams below are either established, or considering competing in any of the attractions above.  Please click on the hyperlinks for more information.  Remember, it's not the winning that matters, it's taking part.  Whatever car or result your team produces, simply taking part will be rewarding in terms of learning, achievement and fun.

 

 

SOLAR CAR TEAMS

 

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

Ashiya University - Japan

Sky Ace TIGA

Solar Car Project

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

Cambridge University

Eco Racing Team

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

Durham University

Solar Car Racing Team

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

GWAWR Cymru solar car

Solar Car Wales.co.uk

Heliodet, Germany

Heliodet

Heliodet, Solar Car Team

Helios - Lille, France

Hélios IV

Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur

Heliox Solar Car Team

Héliox

Dominic de Vries

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

K-Con

Solar Wing

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 Solaris

 Solaris 1 & 2

Dokuz Eylül & Ege University

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 Delhi

Project Solaris 

University of Johannesburg

Ilanga II

UK Solar Car website

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 Tehran

Persian Gazelle

Persia-Gazelle.com

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

 

 

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

 

 

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 Cola for safer Solar car racing drivers

 

Planet Earth Solar Cola can 330 mil

 

330ml Earth can - the World in Your Hand

 

 

 

A - Z OF WORLD FAMOUS RACING CIRCUITS

 

Aintree

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Brazil)

Bahrain International

Barcelona-Catalunya, Circuit de 

Bathurst (Australia)

Brands Hatch

Bremgarten Circuit

Brooklands

Donington Park

Fuji Speedway

Giles Villeneuve

Goodwood

Hockenheimring

Imola

Indianapolis

Knockhill

Korea International Circuit

Laguna Seca (CA, USA)

Le Mans

Mallory Park

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monza

Nurburgring [Nordschleife] (Germany)

Oulton Park

Rockingham

Santa Pod Raceway

Sebring International Raceway

Shanghai International

Silverstone

Snetterton

Spa Francorchamps (Belgium)

Suzuka Circuit

Thruxton

Zandvoort, Circuit Park

Zeltweg (Austria - Red Bull)

 

 

 

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