Green Global Challenge Solar Car Race Updates

**greencat** · #11 10-25-2009, 11:27 AM

UNITEN PASSES DYNAMIC WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE TEST
By From Syed Azwan Syed Ali - Sunday, October 25SendIM StoryPrint.DARWIN (Australia), Oct 24 (Bernama) -- The Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) solar car team today passed the dynamic test for the World Solar Challenge-WSC2009 at the Hidden Valley Circuit, here.

This enables the “Solar Ranger 1” car developed by the university to compete with more than 20 solar-powered cars from 15 other countries, including the current champion, Nuna5 solar car from the Netherlands.

Clocking 4 minutes 22 seconds, the Solar Ranger 1 passed the stringent test which encompassed the speed trial, stability and emergency stop, which was most meaningful to the UNITEN team which went through the critical challenge 48 hours ago.

The university's solar car had suffered a motor and alignment system breakdown, including a broken battery, since it arrived in this country on Wednesday. It was believed to have occurred during the transfer from Sydney to Darwin.

"This is most significant to UNITEN. We qualified to go into the next stage of the race tomorrow after two tiring days," team manager Associate Prof Halil Hussain told Bernama while showing the number plate 'SUN 10', signifying that the team was eligible to proceed with the race tomorrow.

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“This is a team effort, especially the students who had worked hard until 4 am yesterday to ensure that the Solar Ranger 1 car passed the minimum speed of 50km per hour," he said.

Fifteen members of the team, including eight students from UNITEN's College of Engineering, arrived here on Oct 18 for the solar car race covering a distance of more than 3,000km from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in South Australia.

The solar car race is divided into two categories, namely the "Challenge Class" participated by the UNITEN team, and the "Adventure Class". The race is scheduled to start tomorrow morning from the Parliament House, here and ends in Adelaide.

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UNITEN PASSES DYNAMIC WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE TEST - Yahoo! Malaysia News

**greencat** · #12 10-25-2009, 11:45 AM

Daily results for the World Solar Challenge will be posted here.

Day 1: World Solar Challenge

Class Distance Car Number Departure Car Name Country Team Name

Challenge 633 60 25/10/09 15:58 Tokai Challenger Japan Tokai University

Challenge 633 2 25/10/09 16:15 Infinium USA University of Michigan Solar Car Team

Challenge 633 3 25/10/09 17:02 Nuna V Netherlands Nuon Solar Team

Challenge 633 21 26/10/09 08:05 21Revolution Netherlands Solar Team Twente

Challenge 318 8 25/10/09 12:22 Umicar Inspire Belgium Umicore Solar Team

Challenge 318 9 25/10/09 13:30 Eleanor USA MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team

Challenge 318 32 25/10/09 14:10 Ra7 USA Prinicipia Solare Car Team

Challenge 318 16 25/10/09 14:29 Apogee USA Stanford Solar Car Project

Challenge 318 73 25/10/09 14:41 Sunswift IV Australia UNSW Solar Racing Team

Challenge 318 168 25/10/09 15:09 Nanyang Venture 2 Singapore Nanyang Technological University

Challenge 318 6 25/10/09 15:42 Saguar Turkey Sakaraya University Solar Car Project

Challenge 318 41 25/10/09 15:59 Belenos France Belenos-Polytech' Clermont-Ferrand

Challenge 318 11 25/10/09 16:20 Endeavour UK Cambridge University Eco Racing

Challenge 318 42 25/10/09 16:31 Solar World No 1 Germany HS Bochum Solar Car Team

Challenge 318 10 25/10/09 16:35 Solar Ranger Malaysia Uniten

Challenge 318 14 25/10/09 16:40 Solar Flair Australia Willetton Senior High School

Challenge 318 12 25/10/09 16:53 Bo Cruiser Germany HS Bochum Solar Car Team

Challenge 318 55 25/10/09 16:54 Esteban Canada Esteban

Challenge 318 116 25/10/09 16:59 Phoenix II Canada McMaster Solar Car Project

Challenge 318 5 25/10/09 17:05 Hammerhead Australia Leeming Senior High School Solar Car Team

Challenge 318 92 25/10/09 17:06 Eclipse VI Canada Eclipse Solar Car Team

Challenge 0 18 25/10/09 08:30 Heliox II Switzerland Heliox Solar Team

Challenge 0 34 25/10/09 08:30 Ariba IV Turkey Istanbul Technical University Solar Car Team

Challenge 0 101 25/10/09 08:30 Aurora 101 Australia Aurora Vehicle Association

Class Distance Car Number Departure Car Name Country Team Name

Adventure 633 24 25/10/09 16:42 OSU Model S' Japan OSU Solar Car Project

Adventure 318 46 25/10/09 14:11 GoKo Japan Goko High School

Adventure 318 62 25/10/09 15:01 SolarShop Kelly Australia Combined Secondary Schools WSC Team

Adventure 318 4 25/10/09 15:03 Helios IV France Helios

Adventure 318 13 25/10/09 17:10 Towards Tomorrow Australia Towards Tomorrow

Adventure 318 94 25/10/09 17:20 Merdeka 2 Malaysia Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM)

Adventure 0 99 25/10/09 08:30 Southern Aurora Australia Aurora Vehicle Association

**greencat** · #13 10-26-2009, 08:25 PM

Rankings

Global Green Challenge Rankings

Name Car Team Country Class Name Control Date Time Distance Participant

Tokai Challenger 60 Tokai University Japan Challenge Class Alice Springs 2009/10/26 16:34 1494

Infinium 2 University of Michigan Solar Car Team USA Challenge Class Barrow Creek 2009/10/26 14:00 1211

Nuna V 3 Nuon Solar Team Netherlands Challenge Class Barrow Creek 2009/10/26 14:17 1211

21Revolution 21 Solar Team Twente Netherlands Challenge Class Tennant Creek 2009/10/26 13:35 988

Eleanor 9 MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team USA Challenge Class Tennant Creek 2009/10/26 14:28 988

Ra7 32 Principia Solar Car Team USA Challenge Class Tennant Creek 2009/10/26 15:25 988

Sunswift IV 73 UNSW Solar Racing Team Australia Challenge Class Tennant Creek 2009/10/26 15:46 988

Solar Flair 14 Willetton Senior High School Australia Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 12:26 633

Apogee 16 Stanford Solar Car Project USA Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 12:34 633

Heliox II 18 Heliox Solar Team Switzerland Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 12:54 633

Saguar 6 Sakaraya University Solar Car Project Turkey Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 12:58 633

Nanyang Venture 2 168 Nanyang Technological University Singapore Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 13:04 633

Solar World No 1 42 HS Bochum Solar Car Team Germany Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 13:08 633

Aurora 101 101 Aurora Vehicle Association Australia Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 13:24 633

Solar Ranger 10 Uniten Malaysia Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 13:55 633

Bo Cruiser 12 HS Bochum Solar Car Team Germany Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 14:26 633

Ariba IV 34 Istanbul Technical University Solar Car Team Turkey Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 15:05 633

Phoenix II 116 McMaster Solar Car Project Canada Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 15:13 633

Hammerhead 5 Leeming Senior High School Solar Car Team Australia Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 15:22 633

Belenos 41 Belenos-Polytech' Clermont-Ferrand France Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 15:30 633

Esteban 55 Esteban Canada Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 15:47 633

Eclipse VI 92 Eclipse Solar Car Team Canada Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 16:36 633

Endeavour 11 Cambridge University Eco Racing UK Challenge Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 16:44 633

Swisspirit 71 Swisspirit Switzerland Challenge Class Darwin 2009/10/25 08:30 0 withdrawn

OSU Model S' 24 OSU Solar Car Project Japan Adventure Class Tennant Creek 2009/10/26 12:23 988

GoKo 46 Goko High School Japan Adventure Class Tennant Creek 2009/10/27 08:17 988

Helios IV 4 Helios France Adventure Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 11:24 633

Towards Tomorrow 13 Towards Tomorrow Australia Adventure Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 11:38 633

SolarShop Kelly 62 Combined Secondary Schools WSC Team Australia Adventure Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 13:54 633

Southern Aurora 99 Aurora Vehicle Association Australia Adventure Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 14:07 633

Merdeka 2 94 Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) Malaysia Adventure Class Dunmarra 2009/10/26 15:24 633