Global Green Challenge Teams

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Global Green Challenge Teams

Infinium 2 University of Michigan Solar Car Team USA Challenge Class Darwin

Nuna V 3 Nuon Solar Team Netherlands Challenge Class Darwin

Helios IV 4 Helios France Adventure Class Darwin

Hammerhead 5 Leeming Senior High School Solar Car Team Australia Challenge Class Darwin

Saguar 6 Sakaraya University Solar Car Project Turkey Challenge Class Darwin

Solarfox 7 Team Solarfox UK Challenge Class Darwin

Umicar Inspire 8 Umicore Solar Team Belgium Challenge Class Darwin

Eleanor 9 MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team USA Challenge Class Darwin

Solar Ranger 10 Uniten Malaysia Challenge Class Darwin

Endeavour 11 Cambridge University Eco Racing UK Challenge Class Darwin
Bo Cruiser 12 HS Bochum Solar Car Team Germany Challenge Class Darwin

Towards Tomorrow 13 Towards Tomorrow Australia Adventure Class Darwin

Solar Flair 14 Willetton Senior High School Australia Challenge Class Darwin

Apogee 16 Stanford Solar Car Project USA Challenge Class Darwin
Persian Gazelle 17 University of Tehran- Persian Gazelle II Iran Challenge Class Darwin

Heloix II 18 Heliox Solar Team Switzerland Challenge Class Darwin 21Revolution 21 Solar Team Twente Netherlands Challenge Class Darwin

OSU Model S' 24 OSU Solar Car Project Japan Adventure Class Darwin

0Ra7 32 Prinicipia Solare Car Team USA Challenge Class Darwin

Ariba IV 34 Istanbul Technical University Solar Car Team Turkey Challenge Class Darwin

Belenos 41 Belenos-Polytech' Clermont-Ferrand France Adventure Class Darwin

Solar World No 1 42 HS Bochum Solar Car Team Germany Challenge Class Darwin

Solaire 43 DCE India Challenge Class Darwin

0 GoKo 46 Goko High School Japan Adventure Class Darwin

ADVAY 49 NSIT Solar Car Team India Challenge Class Darwin
Esteban 55 Esteban Canada Challenge Class Darwin

Tokai Challenger 60 Tokai University Japan Challenge Class Darwin

SolarShop Kelly 62 Combined Secondary Schools WSC Team Australia Adventure Class Darwin
Swisspirit 71 Swisspirit Switzerland Challenge Class Darwin

Sunswift IV 73 UNSW Solar Racing Team Australia Challenge Class Darwin

Solar Spirit 75 Solar Spirit Australia Challenge Class Darwin

Eclipse VI 92 Eclipse Solar Car Team Canada Challenge Class Darwin

Merdeka 2 94 Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) Malaysia Adventure Class Darwin

Apollo VI 95 National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences Taiwan Challenge Class Darwin

Southern Aurora 99 Aurora Vehicle Association Australia Adventure Class Darwin

Aurora 101 101 Aurora Vehicle Association Australia Challenge Class Darwin

Phoenix II 116 McMaster Solar Car Project Canada Challenge Class Darwin

Nanyang Venture 2 168 Nanyang Technological University Singapore Challenge Class Darwin

Arctic Sun 463 Omega Solar Canada Challenge Class Darwin

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Entry list for Solarcars -

Adventure Class Team Car No Class Country Remarks
Helios Helios IV 4 Ad France

Kormilda College Towards Tomorrow 13 Ad Aus (NT)

Osaka Sangyo University OSU Model S 24 Ad Japan

Belenos-Polytech' Clermont-Ferrand Belenos 41 Ad France

GoKo High School Hiroshima GoKo 46 Ad Japan

Energy Education Australia Kelly 62 Ad Aus (SA)

CDPM University of Malaya Merdeka 2 94 Ad Malaysia

Aurora Vehicle Association Southern Aurora 99 Ad Aus (Vic)

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Infinium completes qualifying
Posted Sat, 10/24/2009 - 12:25am by Steven Hechtman
Tags: Infinium, Global Green Challenge, Qualifying, Hidden Valley, Australia
Categories: Race Updates
Infinium has completed its hot-lap with a time of 2:09.95. We were delayed in our running due to a number of on-track incidents before us, including a broken wishbone suffered by Umicore. Umicore has already completed their repairs, and it sounds like there should be no lasting damage. They will be able to complete another hot-lap, but we're not sure whether it will count for starting position. With Umicore and Nuna both repaired, it should be exciting to face these and other top teams at full-strength.

University of Michigan Solar Car Team

In the challenge class, we believe we will be starting sixth. The teams ahead of us are, as we know it:
Aurora
Nuon
Bochum - BoCruiser
Tokai
Stanford

If Umicore starts based on their next lap time, we expect them to be in the top 3. We are excited that Infinium qualified so well, since our high-efficiency motor and large battery pack are ill-suited for track driving. With a 3000 km race ahead, we should have plenty of time to pass the teams in front of us.

Official starting position will be announced at 3:00 PM Darwin time today (1:30 PM Eastern Time--Darwin is 13.5 hours ahead of US Eastern time).


Global Green Challenge | University of Michigan Solar Car Team

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Over a distance of some 3,000 kilometers, the Global Green Challenge is poised to show off some twenty electric, hybrid, alternative fuel, and low emission production and prototype vehicles in a test of durability and eco friendly performance, across an entire continent.

With major manufacturers including Suzuki, Holden, HSV, Ford, BMW mini, Hyundai, KIA and Skoda already entered ,the list of competing makes and models is bound to be impressive.

The world’s first production fully-electric high performance sports car, the Tesla is entered for the event alongside the only private school entry in the Eco Challenge category, Annesley College. There are also independent teams including Deep Green Research, Intex Holdings, Top Gear Magazine and Internode participating in the 2009 Eco Challenge.

There are now 38 pure solarcar powered registred to participate in the World Solar Challenge , with entries from 17 countries including Australia, USA, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, India, Canada, Iran, Taiwan and Singapore.

The World Solar Challenge is a single stage event with competitors camping by the roadside at the end of each day.

Eco Challenge entrants will compete over set stages with overnight stops at Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Coober Pedy, and Port Augusta.

Under regulations devised by the international motoring body the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) vehicles will be assessed against manufacturers carbon emission and fuel efficiency (consumption) claims.

Promoted by the South Australian Motor Sport Board and supported by the South Australian Government and the Government of the Northern Territory, the Global Green Challenge is sponosred by Australia’s largest privately owned broadband company Internode.

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The NTU Solar Car Racing Team is composed of undergraduate students from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Work started in 2006 when a group of final year students approached the MAE with the intention to compete in the World Solar Challenge race. The design and development of the Nanyang Venture II as the solar car is named continued with successive batches of students. This year, the dedication and concentrated efforts of the current team finally paid off when solar car took shape and competing became a reality.

The body is carbon fibre honeycomb composite shell supported within by an aluminium chassis. It has a three wheel layout powered by a DC hub motor. The solar array is equipped with amorphous silicon cells and betteries are lithium ion type donated by Panasonic Japan. The solar array and battery conditions are monitored via telemetry form the chase car.

Global Green Challenge / Nanyang Technological University Solar Car Racing Team Preview

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Previous Winners of the World Solar Challenge
1987 Event
1st Place General Motors "Sunraycer" (USA) average speed 66.9 Km/h
2nd Place Ford Australia "Sunchaser" (AUS) average speed 44.48 Km/h
3rd Place Biel College of Engineering (CH) average speed 42.93 Km/h

1990 Event
1st Place Biel College of Engineering (CH) average speed 65.18 Km/h
2nd Place Honda "Dream" (Japan) average speed 54.67 Km/h
3rd Place University of Michigan (USA) average Speed 52.53 Km/h

1993 Event
1st Place Honda "Dream" (Japan) average Speed 84.96 Km/h
2nd Place Biel College of Engineering (CH) average speed 78.27 Km/h
3rd Place Kyocera "Son of Sun" (Japan) average speed 70.76 Km/h

1996 Event
1st Place Honda "Dream II" (Japan) average speed 89.76 Km/h
2nd Place United High Schools of Biel (CH) average speed 86 Km/h
3rd Place Aisin Seiki "Aisol III" average speed 80.7 Km/h

1999 Event
1st Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 72.96 Km/h
2nd Place Queens university "Radiance" (CAN) average speed 72.17 Km/h
3rd Place University of Queensland "Sunshark" (AUS) average speed 71.68 Km/h

2001 Event
1st Place Nuna "Alpha Centauri" (NL) average speed 91.81 Km/h
2nd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 90.26 Km/h
3rd Place University of Michigan (USA) average speed average speed 87.37 Km/h

2003 Event
1st Place Nuon "Nuna II" (NL) average speed 97.02 Km/h
2nd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 91.90 Km/h
3rd Place MIT "Tesseract" (USA) average speed 90.20 Km/h

2005 Event
1st Place Nuon "Nuna III" (NL) average speed 102.75 Km/h
2nd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 92.03 Km/h
3rd Place University of Michigan "Momentum" (USA) average speed 90.03 Km/h

2007 Event (NB lower average speeds due to 25% smaller solar panels)
1st Place Nuon "Nuna 4" (NL) average speed 90.87 Km/h
2nd Place Umicore "Umicar Infinity" (Belgium) average speed 88.05 Km/h
3rd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (Australia) average speed 85 Km/h

Global Green Challenge / Previous Winners

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HELIOS SOLAR CAR TEAM

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONOKI SOLAR CAR HELIOS PHAETHON 2004

On the occasion of the Cultural Olympic Games and with the support of Hellenic Culture Organisation S.A., the international PHAETHON 2004 race is organised from 22 until 29 May 2004 in Greece. Organizers of the race are the Hellenic Institute of Electric Vehicles (HEL.I.E.V.), the Automobile and Touring Club of Greece (E.L.P.A.) and the Technical Publications S.A. (4 Wheels). For the support of the Greek participation team, a nation-wide competiotion was held regarding the design of such a vehicle. In this competition, the team of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.) has managed to receive the first prize with the HELIOS 2004 prototype vehicle.




The Phaethon 2004 race is devided in two events. The first event consists of a Rally race that covers a total distance of 795 km (Athens - Patras - Olympia - Athens). It is divided in five legs and with at least six special stages. The second event is a circuit race (36km minimal distance).. The race will be held according to FIA technical regulations in the Megara race circuit..



Solar car HELIOS 2004 will be the representative of the greek participation in the race. During the remaining time -untill May 2004-, the designing team will be dealing with the manufacturing of the vehicle. Primary goals for the Helios 2004 team are both destinction in the race as well as the acquisition of experience and know-how in the field of alternative energy sources. The team is consisted of teaching stuff and students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Electrical of Engineering of A.U.Th.





On 11/5/2004 at noon, the solar vehicle Helios 2004 was completely destroyed from a fire that broke up in the facilities of an electronics company, where the vehicle was sent for the installation of electronic components. It is therefore no longer possible for Helios 2004 to participate in the international race Phaethon 2004, which is scheduled to start on 22/5/2004.


No doubt the team and sponsors were devastated by the loss of their car. We at Speedace HQ would like to offer our commiserations and wish all those involved. We hope the team members enjoyed participating and learned from the experience - better luck next time. NK

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Twente solar cars in afternoon traffic
Solar Team Twente are ready for the World Solar Challenge, a 3010km race in solar cars across the Australian desert. Last week they drove three solar cars around Enschede.

Picture this. Friday afternoon, 21 August. People are lounging on the pavement cafés on the Oude Markt in Enschede drinking white beer and rosé under a blazing sun. It is hot - very hot. Solar Team Twente is about to introduce the public to three solar cars: the Solutra, built in 2005, the Twente One, built in 2007, and the brand new 21Revolution, this year's racer.

Circuit

"The conditions are ideal for a test drive," says team leader Tim Plattel, referring to the high 'almost Australian' temperature. Only a few minutes to go and Solar Team Twente will get into gear for a circuit of the public road, right in the middle of the Friday afternoon traffic. This is the last public event in the Netherlands before the team leaves for the World Solar Challenge in Australia.

"The temperature will be far above 30°C during the race in Australia," Plattel continues. "And, you can be sure that the temperature in the cockpit will be about ten degrees higher than outside. The drivers need to train seriously for the heat, so we are really pleased with today's high temperatures. They make the perfect training conditions."

Speed

The three solar cars attract a lot of interest on the marketplace. Like seasoned models, the eighteen students in the team, clad in red overalls, pose alongside their equally red car. Photographers jostle and push. One cries out 'With even more energy!'

The time comes for Roeland Weigand to step into the 21Revolution. Easier said than done, because this vehicle is built for speed, not for comfort. Five team-mates have to lift the wing to enable him to climb into the cramped cockpit. Then they carefully lower it again. The driver and the team leader communicate via a walkie-talkie.

"Awesomely innovative"

Before the engine revs, Member of Parliament Han ten Broeke speaks a word of encouragement to the team. He praises the unique collaboration between the college of higher education and the university and describes the car as 'awesomely innovative'. He then gives the starting signal with a black and white checkered flag and two confetti cannons.

The three cars start their 9.9 kilometre circuit, escorted by a scout car to reconnoitre the route, a DMU (Decision Making Unit) with over 200 sensors to relay instructions and regulate the performance of the 21Revolution, and two police cars.

The motorcade moves slowly at a speed of around 15 kph. But Weigand assures us that they will go a lot faster in Australia: "The solar car is even capable of a speed of 120 kilometres per hour." In any case, what matters most in the race in Australia is not the maximum speed but the average speed. The team will have to gather as much solar energy as possible during the race and put it to optimal use.

Accolade

Groups of people stand watching at the roadside. Photographers have searched out the best vantage points for taking pictures. A stream of traffic soon assembles behind the procession. Marit Lintsen, one of the team leaders, heaves a deep sigh of relief when the cars drive by: "It's great to see them in action at long last. We were a bit worried about it all coming together. Not that long ago, the car crashed into a pole during a test drive at Twente air base. We had to work flat out to get it ready again for the race." Team member Annemiek Dul is also relieved: "I was so nervous. When I saw them pass, it was as if a weight fell from my shoulders. This is the first accolade for all our hard work."




Solar Team - University of Twente

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Federal Ministers Visit: Leeming Senior High Schooland the Sungroper Solar Car Association to become the first school based team from W.A to enter the 2005 World Solar Car Challenge.

On February 4 Dr Brendan Nelson, the Federal Minister of Education , Science and Training (pictured as the driver), and Dr Dennis Jensen, Federal Member for the Seat of Tangney visited the school and both were very interested in our solar car project. Dr Nelson took quite a lot of time to speak to staff and students about the solar car project and after viewing some of the cross curricular projects produced by students in IT and Home Economics, said that he was very impressed by the team’s efforts and the school in general.



Leeming SHS Programs : Extra Curricular

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Helios IV 4 Helios France