Thursday, October 29, 2009

Day 5 progress

Nuon has finished in 2nd place, Michigan finished in 3rd.

Sunswift is still driving at 4th position.

MIT 5th, Principia and Aurora at 6 and 7 th positions.

Twente (8th) is driving 65-70 km/h, and probably won't be able to recover a place.

Sunswift has finished in 4th position, winning the Silicion class.

Twente has driven almost 600 km, with top speeds of 95 km/h; some cells are damaged but car is doing well.

Principia had some problems in the beginning of the race, e.g. forgetting to connect the solar panel and loose wires in the battery management system, but things are going better. It is at 7th position right between Aurora and Twente.

Bochum started the race slowly because of tyre problems and such, but managed to increase speed and is now at 9th position right behind Twente. But Twente has nearly depleted their batteries and solar panel is not working as well as before. So Bochum and Twente fight about the 8th place; and also against the clock as only the cars arriving before 11:00 on Friday morning are allowed to drive through Adelaide itself to finish at Victoria Square.
Position Solar Car Team Country Distance (km) Departure Central Aust
1 Tokai Challenger Tokai University Japan 3021 (finished) 28 oct 14:39
2 Nuna V Nuon Solar Team Dutch 3021 (finished) 29 oct 8:28
3 Infinium University of Michigan Solar Car Team USA 3021 (finished) 29 oct 8:58
4 Sunswift IV UNSW Solar Racing Team Australia 3021 (finished) 29 oct 15:08
5 Eleanor MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team USA 3021 (finished) 29 oct 16:31
6 Aurora 101 Aurora Vehicle Association Australia 2719 29 oct 14:57
7 Ra7 Prinicipia Solare Car Team USA 2719 29 oct 15:42
8 21Revolution Solar Team Twente Dutch 2719 30 oct 8:27
9 Solar World No 1 HS Bochum Solar Car Team Germany 2432 29 oct 13:42
10 Saguar Sakaraya University Solar Car Project Turkey 2432 29 oct 14:09
21Revolution arrived 3 minutes before the stop. At the stop they still have to wait 30 minutes so Twente has to wait another 27 minutes the next day before they can leave.

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