World Solar Challenge 2003

The 2003 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.

Ten teams completed the course. The winner was a Nuna car built by Nuon of the Netherlands.

Results

Rank Team Country Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1 Nuon Netherlands 30:54 97.02
2 Aurora Australia 32:37 91.90
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA 32:52 91.20
4 Queen's University Canada 38:16 78.33
5 Bochum Germany 40:56 73.24
6 Principia College USA 41:20 72.53
7 Southern Taiwan University Taiwan 44:00 68.13
8 SA Consortium Australia 45:15 66.25
9 Aoyama Gakuin University Japan 49:26 60.65
10 Aurora/RMIT Australia 52:36 56.99

References

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