The Solutra is the first
solar car designed by a group of students, the Raedthuys Solar Team, of the
University of Twente. It participated in the 8th
World Solar Challenge
The World Solar Challenge (WSC), since 2013 named Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, is an international event for solar powered cars driving 3000 kilometres through the Australian outback.
With the exception of a four-year gap between ...
in 2005 and finished 9th place. Another Dutch team won the race with their car
Nuna 3.
This
solar car is the current
FIA world record holder on the 1 km with a flying start. This record has been set on August 28, 2005, at the Gronausestraat in
Enschede
Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...
,
The Netherlands.
Specifications
See also
* The
Twente One TU car which succeeded the Solutra
* The
Nuna 4
The Nuna 4 is a solar car developed by the Delft University of Technology in 2006-2007 for the 2007 World Solar Challenge.
It succeeded the Nuna 3, the solar car that scored a hat trick by winning the World Solar Challenge for the third time in a ...
another Dutch solar car that won the 2007 World Solar Challenge.
* The main article about the
Nuna series of Dutch solar cars.
*
List of solar car teams
This is a list of solar car racing teams.
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
India
Iran
Italy
Jordan
Japan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Morocco
The Netherlands
Pakista ...
External links
SolUtra official page
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Solar car racing
Science and technology in the Netherlands