SOLAR CAR - RACING EVENTS INDEX

Electric vehicle endurance event, Los Angeles to New York

Cannonball electric vehicle run rules

 

 

The events below are either established, or advertised as forthcoming attractions.  Please click on the logos or hyperlinks for more information.

 

 

 

AMERICAN SOLAR CHALLENGE

 

 

CANADIAN SOLAR DISCOVERY CHALLENGE

 

 

 

Dell Winston School Solar Car Challenge logo DELL WINSTON SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE

 

 

JAPANESE WORLD SOLAR RALLY

 

 

  THE "LONDON TO BRIGHTON SOLAR CAR RUN" (DISCONTINUED)

 

LBSCR - LONDON INFORMATION

 

LBSCR - BRIGHTON INFORMATION

 

NORTH AMERICAN SOLAR CHALLENGE

 

 

PHAETHON GREEK SOLAR RACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAIWAN WORLD SOLAR RALLY 2006

 

 

WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE

 

WSC - ABOUT DARWIN, AUSTRALIA

 

WSC - ABOUT ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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 my favourites

 

 

 

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 CAR RACING EVENT A - Z

 

 

 

 

 

It's about time we had an EV compatible with battery or hydrogen fuel cell technology. The Ecostar DC50 by Bluebird Marine Systems Ltd may well be the vehicle that changes all that from 2015.

 

 

ECOSTAR DC50 CITY SPORTS CAR STATISTICS

 

The vehicle is a two seat sports city car featuring cartridge refueling, as follows:

 

 

ECOSTAR DC50 - WEIGHT

 

KERB WEIGHT

550 KG

GROSS WEIGHT

700 KG

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

 

MOTORS QTY 2

33.5 hp each (50kW)

BATTERY CARTRIDGE

62kW/hr (3.6vx200ah x 24)

MAXIMUM POWER

67 HP

TRANSMISSION

TBA

SUSPENSION SYSTEM

 

FRONT

Double wishbone independent - rubber suspension

REAR

Trailing arm independent - rubber suspension

BRAKES

 

FRONT

Ventilated discs

REAR

Hub shoes

SEATING

 

CAPACITY

2 people

TYRES

 

TYRE SIZE

185/55R13 (tubeless) eco tyres

DIMENSIONS

 

OVERALL LENGTH

2600 mm

OVERALL WIDTH

1510 mm

OVERALL HEIGHT

  990 mm        = 1.48 m2 frontal area x Cd .25

WHEEL BASE

1800 mm

TRACK(FRONT)

1330 mm

TRACK(REAR)

1360 mm

MINIMUM TURNING RADIUS

5.0 M

GROUND CLEARANCE

165 mm

PERFORMANCE

 

RANGE AT FULL CHARGE

350 km (@ ave speed 60 kph)

MAXIMUM SPEED

120 kph

100% BATTERY CHARGING PERIOD

30- 60 seconds

 

 

Blue Bird World Cup trophy - Cannonball International ZEV series

 

The Blue Bird World Cup Trophy is to be awarded to the winner of the Cannonball International ZEV series - from 2015

 

OFFICIAL ROUTES

 

Australia - Darwin to Adelaide

Brazil - Boa Vista to Rio de Janeiro

Canada - Vancouver to Quebec

China - Ai Hui Qu to Shenzen

Europe - France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden - and more to come

India - Amritsar to Nagercoil

Japan - Aomori to Kagoshima

Russia - Murmansk to Bolshoy Sochi

South Africa - Cape Town to Louis Trichardt

UK - Lands End to John o'Groats

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINKS:

 

http://www.familyonabike.org/other%20info%20pages/awards.html

http://www.endtoenders.co.uk/

https://maps.google.com/

VAUXHALL AMPERA endurance ev attempt 2010_ampera_e-revs

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_27-5-2010-12-26-15

http://www.formaplex.com/news/formaplex-launches-electric-car-world-record-attempt/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/racing-green-endurance-srzero-electric-car-to-make-16-000-mile-t/

http://www.rideacrossbritain.com/packages/end-to-end/

http://www.discoveradventure.com/challenges/land-s-end-to-john-o-groats-cycle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%27s_End_to_John_o%27_Groats

 

 

 

 

 

Healthier alternative tastes for adventure capitalists

 

Solar Cola PET soft drink bottle trademark Middle East design

 

 

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