World Solar Challenge 2007
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The 2007 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 2,999 km (1,863 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory, to Adelaide, South Australia.
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In the Challenge class 19 teams started, of which 10 completed the course, and the winner was a Nuna car built by Nuon of the Netherlands. In the Adventure class 18 teams started and eight completed the course, the winner being Ashiya University of Japan.
Challenge class
| Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuon | Netherlands | 2999 | 33:00 | 90.87 |
| 2 | Umicore | Belgium | 2999 | 34:36 | 88.05 |
| 3 | Aurora | Australia | 2999 | 35:17 | 85.00 |
| 4 | Bochum Solar World 1 | Germany | 2999 | 41:09 | 72.87 |
| 5 | Southern Taiwan University | Taiwan | 2999 | 44:08 | 67.95 |
| 6 | University of Twente | Netherlands | 2999 | 44:46 | 66.83 |
| 7 | University of Michigan | United States | 2999 | 44:55 | 66.76 |
| 8 | University of Calgary | Canada | 2999 | 51:43 | 57.98 |
| 9 | University of Waterloo | Canada | 2999 | 54:49 | 54.70 |
| 10 | Helios | France | 2999 | 59:24 | 50.80 |
| 11 | Solar Fox | UK | 2719 | ||
| 12 | Sinag | Philippines | 2691 | ||
| 13 | Sun Speed | France | 2002 | ||
| 14 | University of Chile | Chile | 1862 | ||
| 15 | Queen's University | Canada | 1345 | ||
| 16 | Leeming Senior High School | Australia (WA) | 1050 | ||
| 17 | Gwawr | UK | 740 | ||
| 18 | Heliox | Switzerland | 735 | ||
| 19 | University of Malaya | Malaysia | 250 |
Adventure class
| Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashiya University | Japan | 2999 | 32:03 | 93.57 |
| 2 | Apollo | Taiwan | 2999 | 35:43 | 83.96 |
| 3 | Southern Aurora | Australia | 2999 | 40:44 | 73.63 |
| 4 | Sunswift | Australia | 2999 | 44:11 | 67.88 |
| 5 | University of Toronto | Canada | 2999 | 46:19 | 64.74 |
| 6 | Christine Aurora | Australia | 2999 | 46:33 | 64.42 |
| 7 | TAFE SA | Australia | 2999 | 50:52 | 58.95 |
| 8 | Salesian Polytechnic University | Japan | 2999 | 58:19 | 51.42 |
| 9 | Towards Tomorrow | Australia | 2896 | ||
| 10 | University Tech Malaysia | Malaysia | 2719 | ||
| 11 | HelioDet | Germany | 2517 | ||
| 12 | Solar Fern | New Zealand | 2233 | ||
| 13 | Stanford University | United States | 1864 | ||
| 14 | University of Western Ontario | Canada | 1680 | ||
| 15 | Hachinohe Institute of Technology | Japan | 1675 | ||
| 16 | Polytechnique Montreal | Canada | 1772 | ||
| 17 | Willetton | Australia (WA) | 729 | ||
| 18 | Houston HS | United States | 143 |
References
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