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There are a growing
number of solar powered cars and car events.........
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.
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ORGANISATION
A-Z
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CAR'S
NAME
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TEAM
NAME
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Aristotle
Uni of Thessaloniki, Helios
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Helios
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Faculty
of Engineering
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Arizona
Solar Racing Team - USA
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Arizona
Solar Racing Team
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Auburn
University
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Sol
of Auburn
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Sol
of Auburn
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Aurora
Team, Australia
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Aurora
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Aurora
Vehicle Association
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Bochum
Solar Car Team
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Das
SolarCar der Fachhochschule
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California
Poly S University
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SLO
Burn Sidewinder
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San
Luis Obispo
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Clarkson
Uni Solar Car Team, USA
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The
Solar Knights
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Delft
University - Holland
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NUNA
I & II
2003
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Dell
Winston School
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The
Hunter
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Solar
Car Challenge
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Desert
Rose, Northern Territory Uni
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FUJI
DESERT ROSE
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Drexel
SunDragon Home Page
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École
de technologie supérieure Quebec
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Eclipse
V (5)
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Éclipse
Vehicular Solaire
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École
Polytechnique de Montréal
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Esteban
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Eko-Auto
Poland
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Eko-Auto
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Electron
Analytic Corporation
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Dark
Horse
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EAC
Skunkworks
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George
Washington University
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George
Washington Uni Solar Car
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Georgia
Institute of Technology
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Solar
Jackets
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Solar
Jackets
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Heliodet,
Germany
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Heliodet
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Heliodet,
Solar Car Team
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Helios
- Lille, France
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Hélios IV
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Hautes
Etudes d'Ingénieur
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Honda
Car Company
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Honda
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Illinois
State University
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Surya,
Ratha, Mercury
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Illinois
State University
Team
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Iowa
State University
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Fusion
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Team
PrISUm
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Jonasun
Japan
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Orbit
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Solar
Car Paviion
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Kansas
State University
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Paragon
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Solar
Car Racing Team
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Los
Altos Academy of Engineering
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Los
Altos Solar Car Team
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Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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Tesseract
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MIT
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McGill
University Monteal,
Canada
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iSun
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Team
iSun
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McMaster
University
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Phoenix
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McMaster
Uni Solar Car Project
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Messiah
College Grantham, Penns
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Genesis
II
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Genesis
II Solar Racing Team
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Michigan
State University
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Solar
Racing Team
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Michigan
Technological University
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Solar
Car Team
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Minnesota
S Uni-Mankato/Winona S Uni
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Minnesota
Solar Car Team
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North
Dakota State University
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The
Double Deuce
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Sunsetters
- Solar Race Team
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Northwestern
University
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N'Uvation
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Northwestern
University
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Nuon
Solar Team, Netherlands
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Nuon
3
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Het
Nuon Solar Team
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Osaka
Sangyo University, Japan
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OSU
model S
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Solar
Car Team
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Prairie
View A&M University
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Solaris
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Sun
Panthers
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Principia
College
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RA
6
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Principia
College Solar Car
Team
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Purdue
University
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SPOT
2
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Purdue
University Solar
Racing
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Queen's
University Canada
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Radiance
Gemini
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Queen's
Solar Vehicle Team
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Red
River College
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Red
River Raycer
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Red
River College Solar
Car Team
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Rice
University
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Rice
University
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Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
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Rose-Hulman
Solar Car Team
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Southern
Illinois Uni Edwardsville
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Cougar
Cruiser
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Southern
Illinois University
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South
Bank University, UK
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Mad
Dog
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South
Bank Mad Dog Team
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South
Dakota School Mines & Tech
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Solar
Motion
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South
Dakota Solar Motion Team
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Southern
Taiwan University Tech
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Southern
Taiwan Solar Team
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Stanford
University
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Solstice
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Stanford
Solar Car Project
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Tamagawa
University - Japan
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Tamagawa
Solar Challenge Project
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Team
Futura, Italy
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FUTURA
2
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Team
Futura
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Team
SunLake - Japan
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Phaethon
model
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Team
SunLake TOYOBO
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Texas
A&M University
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Columbia
Sunraycer
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Texas
A&M Motorsports
Team
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The
Power of One -
Toronto
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Xof1
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The
Xof1 solar car team
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Tufts
University
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ANNE
E. B. II
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Nerd
Girls
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University
of Alberta
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University
of Alberta Team
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University
of Arizona
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Drifter
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Solar
Racing Team
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University
of Calgary
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UC
Calgary
Solar Car Team
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University
of California-Berkeley
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CalSol
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California
Calsol Team
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University
of Kansas
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Solution,
CATalyst
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KSU
Solar Car Racing Team
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University
of Kentucky
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Gato
del Sol II
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Solar
Car Team
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University
of Massachusetts
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Spirit
of Mass 413
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Lowell
Solar Racing Team
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University
of Michigan
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Momentum
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University
of Michigan
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University
of Minnesota
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Borealis
III
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U
of M
Solar Vehicle Project
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University
of Missouri
- Columbia
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Suntiger
VI
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The
Mizzou Solar Car Project
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University
of Missouri -
Rolla
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Solar
Miner V
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Solar
Minor
Car Team
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University
of North Dakota
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Subzero
3
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Team
SubZero
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University
of Ontario Institute of Tech
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UOI
Solar Vehicle Team
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Uni
of New South Wales SCR Team
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UNSW
Sunswift III
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New
South Wales SCR Team
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University
of Patras, Hermes
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Solar
Car Team
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University
of Pennsylvania
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Keystone
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Penn
Solar Racing
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University
of Queensland
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Sunshark
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Queensland
Solar Team
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University
of South Australia
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Ned
KELLY
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SA
Solar Car Consortium
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University
of Texas at Austin
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Solar
Steer
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Solar
Vehicles Team
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University
of Texas at El Paso
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Solraycers
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University
of Toronto
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Blue
Sky
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Blue
Sky Solar Racing
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University
of Toulouse
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Heliotrope
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Heliotrope
Solar Car Team
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University
of Utah
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Vehicle
Design Team Utah
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University
of Virginia
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UVa
Solar Car Team
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University
of Waterloo
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Midnight
Sun VIII
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Midnight
Sun Solar Race Team
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University
of Western Ontario
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Sunstang
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Sunstang
USP
Solar Car Team
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USP
Solar Car Team
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USP
Solar Car Team
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Western
Michigan University
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Sunseeker
05
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W
Michigan Solar Car Team
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Yale
University
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The
John Lee
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Team
Lux
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SOLAR
CARS
World
Solar Challenge Trophy
SOLAR
CAR TEAMS
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?
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