The 2011 World Solar Challenge was a race from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia in Australia. 37 vehicles were entered in the race, and the event was won by a car from Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Results:[2]
Rank
Team
Country
Distance (km)
Time (hr:mn)
Speed (km/h)
1
Tokai University
Japan
2998
32:45
91.54
2
Nuon
Netherlands
2998
33:50
88.60
3
University of Michigan
United States
2998
35:33
84.33
4
Ashiya University
Japan
2998
44:57
66.70
5
University of Twente
Netherlands
2998
44:04
66.53
6
University of New South Wales
Australia
2998
48:38
61.65
7
Aurora
Australia
2998
48:45
61.50
8
Istanbul University
Turkey
2765
9
Apollo
Taiwan
2650
10
Umicore
Belgium
2636
11
Stanford University
United States
2547
12
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
2454
13
Team Okinawa
Japan
2408
14
Sakarya University
Turkey
2263
15
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
2222
16
Solar Energy Racers
Switzerland
2221
17
Qazvin Islamic Azad University
Iran
1891
18
University of Calgary
Canada
1840
19
Team Solar Philippines
Philippines
1815
20
UC Berkeley
United States
1811
21
Onda Solare
Italy
1751
22
Universidad de Chile
Chile
1709
23
Anadolu
Turkey
1675
24
University of Toronto
Canada
1661
25
University of Cambridge
UK
1487
26
Bochum
Germany
1454
27
ETS
Canada
1415
28
Principia College
United States
1303
29
Seraaj
Saudi Arabia
1269
30
University of Waterloo
Canada
1116
31
University of Tehran
Iran
1027
32
Solar Spirit Australia
Australia
801
33
Durham University
UK
552
34
Solaris
India
301
35
UMP
Malaysia
229
36
Uniten Solar Ranger Team
Malaysia
223
37
Green Maniac
South Korea
73
^"Japanese car wins World Solar Challenge". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^WSC 2011 results
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