World Solar Challenge 2013 Final Results
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Here is the final results you’ve all been waiting for, regarding World Solar Challenge 2013 (official release from World Solar Challenge 2013):
The Dutch have dominated this year’s 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Having already won the elite Challenger Class title when team NUNA7 of Nuon Solar Team
crossed the line first on Thursday (Oct. 10, 2013), Stella of Team Eindhoven
STELLA of Solar Team Eindhoven of Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) came in First for Cruiser Class of World Solar Challenge 2013 (credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
made it two from two winning the Cruiser Class category announced tonight at the Awards Ceremony in Adelaide. With a score of 97.5% to Eindhoven it was perhaps closer than the Dutch had predicted, with Germany’s Hochschule Bochum team
POWERCORE SUNCRUISER of Hochschule Bochum SolarCar Team of Univ of Applied Sciences Bochum (Germany) (Credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
a close second on 93.9%, in turn just beating Australia’s UNSW Sunswift team who scored 92.3% in
EVE of UNSW Solar Racing Team Sunswift of Univ of NSW ( Australia) (Credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
third place. The Cruiser class was judged on the key criteria of solar kilometres travelled; passenger kilometres; speed; energy efficiency; and a subjective element of design and practicality. Of the eight Cruisers built especially for the Australian event, four completed the 3020 kilometres on full solar power, the University of Minnesota from the USA
DAEDALUS of University of MN (USA) (Credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
joining the ranks with the Dutch, German and Australian teams, taking out fourth place with 79.2%. Each of the top teams had differing strategic approaches to the contest. Eindhoven being a four seater car easily accounted for the most passenger kilometres; Bochum were the most energy efficient, and UNSW Sunswift were the fastest to the finish line. Final judging occurred on Saturday afternoon with the expert panel assessing characteristics such as: ease of access; comfort; controls; features; style; ease of charging, overall desirability; road registration; parking and cargo space. Judges put the cars through their paces on the finish line. Teams were tested for their parking skills, their ability to load the trunk with numerous suitcases and the ultimate cargo test – could the Aussie esky also be stowed the right way up in the trunk? The judging panel spent hours deliberating final scores with the topl three cruisers all shining in their own right. Team Bochum’s Powercore Suncruiser scored high on accessibility and desirability and Sunswift’s ‘EVE’ was the most stylish. In the end it came down to just five points between the three top teams with the world’s first four seater solar family car , ‘STELLA’ taking the honours. The remaining four cruisers completed the Challenge with a combination of solar kilometres and trailer kilometres: Goko High School from Japan (2288 km);
KAITON II of GoKo High School (Japan) (Credit:sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
Apollo from Taiwan (1558);
APOLLO Cruiser Solar Car of National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (Taiwan) (Credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
Australia’s TAFE SA (1469)
SOLAR SPIRIT 3 of TAFE SA Solar Spirit of TAFE South Australia (Australia) (Credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
and University of Calgary (719)
SCHULICH DELTA of Univ of Calgary (Canada) (Credit: sunisthefuture-Susan Sun Nunamaker)
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Event Director Chris Selwood said that after more than 3,000 kilometres it was perhaps fitting, in a category that was intended to bridge the gap between high-end technology and driving practicality, that the results would come down to practical design and the ability to appeal to every day drivers.
“I congratulate Team Eindhoven on their innovation, practical design, and foresight, to think outside the square and add the extra seats. ‘STELLA‘ is a wonderful solar car in a field of exceptional cars and teams. I look forward to 2015 and the prospect of more cruisers as we work toward the world’s most efficient electric car,” Chris said.
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Top 4 of each of the three classes, below:
Challenger Class
- NUNA7 of Nuon Solar Team of Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), image above
- TOKAI CHALLENGER of Tokai University (Japan)
- THE RED ENGINE of Solar Team Twente of University of Twente and Saxion, University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
- LUMINOS of Stanford Solar Car Project of Stanford University (USA)
Cruiser Class
- STELLA of Solar Team Eindhoven of Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands)
- POWERCORE SUNCRUISER of Hochschule Bochum SolarCar Team of University of Applied Sciences Bochum (Germany)
- EVE of UNSW Solar Racing Team-Sunswift of University of NSW (Australia)
- DAEDALUS of University of Minnesota (USA)
Adventure Class
- AURORA EVOLUTION of Aurora Vehicle Association (Australia)
- INTIKALLPA 2 of Antakari of Universidad de La Serena y Minera Los Pelambres (Chile)
- SIKAT II of SIKAT Solar Philippines (Philippines)
- SOPHIE IV of IVE Solar Car Team of Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Hong Kong)
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