Solar car racing refers to competitive races of electric vehicles which are powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car (solar cars). The first solar car race was the Tour de Sol in 1985 which led to several similar races in Europe, US and Australia. Such challenges are often entered by universities to develop their students' engineering and technological skills, but many business corporations have entered competitions in the past. A small number of high school teams participate in solar car races designed exclusively for high school students.
Solarcarracing refers to competitive races of electric vehicles which are powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car...
A solarcar is a solar vehicle for use on public roads or race tracks. Solar vehicles are electric vehicles that use self-contained solar cells to provide...
Auto racing (also known as carracing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North...
Desert. Eighteen solar powered cars were displayed in front of the presidential palace (La Moneda) in Santiago in November 2012. The cars were then raced...
charge the car's battery and to power the car's electric motors. Solarcars have been designed for solarcar races and for public use. Solar vehicles must...
Midget cars, also speedcars in Australia, is a class of racingcars. The cars are very small with a very high power-to-weight ratio and typically use four...
Sunswift Racing is the solarcarracing team of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The team currently holds a number of world records...
The Stanford SolarCar Project (SSCP) is a student group at Stanford University that designs, builds, tests, and races solar-powered vehicles. The SSCP...
trans-Australian World Solar Challenge, Aurora turned to solarcar development and has been a contestant in every World Solar Challenge and has achieved...
The SolarCar Challenge is an annual solar-powered car race for high school students. The event attracts teams from around the world, but mostly from American...
The World Solar Challenge (WSC), since 2013 named Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, is an international event for solar powered cars driving 3000 kilometres...
Sunraycer was a solar-powered race car designed to compete in the World Solar Challenge, the world's first race featuring solar-powered cars. The Sunraycer...
A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited...
A solar inverter or photovoltaic (PV) inverter is a type of power inverter which converts the variable direct current (DC) output of a photovoltaic solar...
that operate off of solar energy and/or sunlight are commonly referred to as solarcars.[citation needed] These vehicles use solar panels to convert absorbed...
World Solar Challenge (BWSC) for the first time in 2019. In 2021 Top Dutch SolarRacing built its second solarcar and competed in the Moroccan Solar Challenge...
Roary the RacingCar (stylised as ROARY: The RacingCar) is a British animated television series created by David Jenkins and produced by Chapman Entertainment...
electric cars, roadside emergency telephones, remote sensing, and cathodic protection of pipelines. Photovoltaic power generation employs solar modules...
A rooftop solar power system, or rooftop PV system, is a photovoltaic (PV) system that has its electricity-generating solar panels mounted on the rooftop...
The University of Michigan SolarCar Team is an engineering project team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that designs, builds, and races some...
Solar shingles, also called photovoltaic shingles, are solar panels designed to look like and function as conventional roofing materials, such as asphalt...
total of nine international solarcarracing competitions. Their most recent vehicle, Horizon, was ranked 12th at World Solar Challenge 2015, and 1st in...
Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly...
sculptor formerly known as Warren Edward Johnson Blue Sky SolarRacing, a solarcarracing team based at the University of Toronto Search for "blue sky"...