XTREME Solar Challenge
he Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is a biannual racing event that sees engineering teams from around the world race solar power vehicles 3000km across the Australian Outback, from Darwin to Adelaide. Started in 1987, and currently sponsored by Australian tyre company Bridgestone, the Challenge is one of the world’s top competitive trials for solar vehicles. Last October, 53 teams from 24 countries gathered for the race’s 15th outing. Founded to encourage innovation in the field of solar powered vehicles, typical participants apply from universities, corporations and even high schools. One contender was the Nuna X car, designed by race favourites from the Netherlands, the Vattenfall Solar Team. The team, comprising students from the Delft University of Technology, already has seven World Solar Challenge wins to its name. As over 50 solar-powered cars whizzed through the Australian Outback, a wide- reaching movable LAN streamed the epic event live to the other side of the world
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