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The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Countries where our event takes place, and pays its respect to Elders pastandpresent.
Those Countries traversed by our event are those of the Luritja, Pitjantjatjara, Antakarinja, Arabunna, Kakatha, Barngala, Nukunu, Ngadjuri, Narrungga, Kaurna, Wubalawun, Larrakia, Waraj, Kungarakany, Wagiman, Jawoyn, Yangman, Mudburra, Jingil, Warlmanpa, Warrumungu, Kaytej, Anmatyerre andArrentepeoples.
By Matthew Ward Agius |Cosmos
AsCosmoscovers thereturn of the Bridgestone World Solar Challengeto the 3020km route from Darwin to Adelaide, science enthusiasts with a sporting soft spot might wonder which team deserves their support.
Fortunately, our guide gives you the ultimate rundown of the teams, their story and some very nicely designed cars.
The 2023 event gets underway on Sunday 22 October.
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These sleek, fast cars will lead the event on Sunday morning. Teams design their cars to have as little aerodynamic drag as possible while maximising vehicle safety and stability. While teams prefer lithium-ion batteries, other compositions that reduce energy loss are adopted by some of the teams. Solar arrays also tend to be silicon, given recent restrictions on available materials. Top teams will be aspiring to solar efficiency pushing toward the 40% mark (likely in the high 30s) and conversion nearing 100%, while smaller teams will likely have solar efficiency between 20-30%.
This year many teams have moved towards a three-wheeled monohull design, with long, thin cars optimising aerodynamic efficiency. Some teams have stuck to a catamaran design, in a true test of old v new.
Naming partner/Affiliations:University of Michigan
The team says:“Michigan is entering this warm Solar Challenge as very nearly the most experienced team in the field and the many years and documentation of past races that the team has done allows us to be prepared for any sort of weather scenario that might come up. We have pushed every limit that we have set for ourselves in the past and brought every self-imposed restriction into question to make the best bullet car we’ve ever designed.” – Ronak Parikh, electrical engineer and weather strategist.
Naming Partner:Brunel, Dutch global recruiting agency
Affiliations:Technical University of Delft (TU Delft)
The most successful solar racing team in the world, Brunel has expanded beyond its origins as a solar team from TU Delft to become a standalone racing team in its own right. It is perhaps most famous for its vehicle failure while leading the race with 200km to go in 2019 when the lithium-ion battery suffered a thermal runaway and burnt the car to ashes.
The team says:“Winning is hard, winning multiple times is even harder, especially when [the competition] gets better. So that’s the challenge, that’s what motivates us to this day. We really want to win.” – Lennart Hessels, Team Manager.
Affiliations:University of Groningen, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen
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