World Solar Challenge 2013

The 2013 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 3,022 km (1,878 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.

In all, 37 teams competed of which 16 completed the course. There were three classes: Cruiser, Challenge and Adventure. The Cruiser class was won by Eindhoven University of Technology of the Netherlands; the Challenge class by Nuon Solar Team of the Netherlands; and the Adventure class by the Australian Aurora team.

Results tables

Cruiser class

Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Person Kilometers External Energy (kWh) Practicality (%) Final Score (%)
1 Eindhoven Netherlands 3022 40:14 9093 64.0 88.3 97.5
2 Bochum Germany 3022 41:38 6484 63.5 87.0 93.9
3 Sunswift Australia 3022 38:35 3022 64.0 70.7 92.3
4 University of Minnesota United States 3022 51:41 5454 64.0 69.3 79.2
5 Goko HS Japan 2288 70.7
6 Apollo Taiwan 1558 50.3
7 TAFE SA Solar Spirit Australia 1469 71.7
8 University of Calgary Canada 719 78.0

Challenger class

Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1 Nuon Solar Team Netherlands 3022 33:03 90.71
2 Tokai University Japan 3022 36:22 82.43
3 University of Twente Netherlands 3022 37:38 79.67
4 Stanford University United States 3022 39:31 75.86
5 Solar Energy Racers Switzerland 3022 40:13 74.54
6 Punch Powertrain Belgium 3022 40:28 74.08
7 Team Arrow Australia 3022 43:38 68.71
8 University of Toronto Canada 3022 45:38 65.71
9 University of Michigan United States 3022 45:55 65.29
10 Onda Solare Italy 3022 48:25 61.92
11 University of Western Sydney Australia 2891
12 Kanazawa Institute of Technology Japan 2564
13 EAFIT-EPM Colombia 2505
14 Kogakuin University Japan 2450
15 KUST South Korea 2013
16 SunSPEC Singapore 1676
17 Istanbul Technical University (İTU) Turkey 1613
18 ETS Canada 1530
19 Sun Shuttle China 1398
20 Jonkoping University Sweden 1301
21 ITS Indonesia 748
22 UMP Malaysia 616

Adventure class

Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1 Aurora Australia 3022 38:39 77.57
2 Antakari Chile 3022 49:31 60.54
3 Sikat Solar Philippines 2487
4 IVE Hong Kong 2105
5 KAIT Japan 1533
6 Solaris Turkey 1481
7 Mississippi Choctaw HS United States 164

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