World Solar Challenge 2009

The 2009 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 3,021 km (1,877 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.

In the Challenge class 24 teams started, of which eight completed the course, and the winner was Tokai University of Japan. In the Adventure class seven teams started and two completed the course, the winner being Osaka Sangyo University also of Japan.

Challenge class

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Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1 Tokai University Japan 3021 29:49 100.54
2 Nuon Netherlands 3021 32:38 91.88
3 University of Michigan United States 3021 33:08 90.49
4 University of New South Wales Australia 3021 39:18 76.28
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 3021 40:41 73.70
6 Aurora Australia 3021 42:20 70.82
7 Principia College United States 3021 43:23 69.11
8 University of Twente Netherlands 3021 44:53 66.80
9 Bochum Solar World 1 Germany 2896
10 Stanford University United States 2719
11 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 1953
12 Bochum Bo Cruiser Germany 1850
13 Belenos France 1645
14 University of Cambridge UK 1616
15 Sakarya University Turkey 1437
16 Istanbul University Turkey 1380
17 Heliox Switzerland 1042
18 Leeming HS Australia 950
19 Willetton HS Australia 906
20 Umicore Belgium 380
21 Polytechnique Montreal Canada 287
22 Uniten Solar Ranger Team Malaysia 250
23 McMaster University Canada 146
24 ETS Canada 96

Adventure class

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Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1 Osaka Sangyo University Japan 3021 34:45 86.27
2 Southern Aurora Australia 3021 44:17 67.71
3 Goko HS Japan 2719 61.77[note 1]
4 Helios France 2719 58.31[note 1]
5 SolarShop Kelly Australia 2217
6 Towards Tomorrow Australia 1156
7 CPDM Malaysia 514

Note

  1. ^ a b Tiebreaker

References

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