Sasol Solar Challenge: The longest Solar Challenge in the world!!
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The Sasol Solar Challenge is a BI-Annual event. This is the longest Solar Challenge in the world. The Dutch team won the previous event with over 4700 km covered. It takes place over 9 days and stop at the towns as shown on the route map.
The race takes place on public roads, and when the teams arrive at the destination for the day, they do loops for extra distance.
The TOKAI team from Japan are still busy with some last minute adjustments to the car, this team is one of the favorite teams.
The Dutch team is busy cleaning solar cells. This team looks very relaxed, but they are the reigning world champions and the defending champions for this event!!
The Sonke team is the only school team and are from the St Alban’s College and St Augustine’s schools in South Africa. I like this little car, it is small with a lot of solar panels, it is obviously not as high tech as some of the others, but it is quite good looking!!
This is the Swiss team, they had a problem with their car and did not depart with the other cars, but they eventually got going with solar power, thus they will have to catch up!!
This is a South African team from the Tshwane University of Technology, they also had a problem at the start, and was pushed over the start line, they also got going eventually.
The car below is from Hong Kong from the City University of Hong Kong, this car only arrived one day before the start, and had a breakdown just after the start. They are in a different class than the rest of the cars.
The car below is from Cape Town Peninsula University of technology, they are competing for the first time this year, they also had problems with the car and will only depart on the second leg of the race.
This little car is also a South African car from the North West University, I also like this little car, which look airplane like.
Here you can see the Tokai team fitting their car's top, just look how sleek this car looks!!
Some last minute adjustments going on!!
The cars are getting ready for the start, with a young Japanese supporter waiting for the start.
The leader board after day 1! The leading teams did 645.5km. The Dutch and Japanese teams did the same distance, but at the moment the Japanese team is given position number 6 as they missed the cut off time at the end.
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I enjoyed this a lot, it was interesting to see all the arrangements going on and all the teams starting. I will post a video of the cars starting soon.
If you would like to read more about the teams just follow the link!!
I hope you liked my post as much as I enjoyed writing it!!
All photos (except where a different source is given) and videos, were taken with my iPhone, in Pretoria, South-Africa.
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I didn't know there is such an interesting solar competition going on. So many different shapes and designs, nice video!
Thank you, yes it happens every second year, there is a vast difference in the cars, some is very high tech and others looks amateur like, but they are there and competing!!
Very beautiful solar cars. I like this amazing solar challenge. Nice pictures you use in your post. Good job @rynow. I like your work.
Thank you so much.
What an interesting plant
excellent! Thank you @rynow
Excellent photography good article
really nice post..
Joyful start of the spring looks elegant and magnificent :D
Yes, it was very nice.
I didn't heard about it.thanks for sharing
Sometime life takes you an unusual truth which hard to denied!
South Africans standing together. That's what we badly need here!
It was such a nice event, everybody was in great spirit!!
amazing photography...the hill looking so beautiful.....i waiting for your next post..
have a nice daywow... nice post @rynow
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Friend, how are you? I am delighted with these cars, the biggest solar challenge in the world, impressive
Thanks for showing good pictures
Yes, it is the longest route, but next year they will have a World Solar Challenge in Australia, which will be a bigger event, with more teams taking part.
Wow so big !!
solar system is best system 😍
We need this vehicle for commercial and private purpose to keep our earth clean and pollution free.
I think this competition will help improve the technology so that it can be used for everyday use for transport!!
The world could be find its better way to running this machine and source of energy.
Agreed.
Excellent photos and these batteries are works of art! Thank you @rynow
Yes, some of these cars are amazing.
Excellent technology @rynow and well came up with the authors with the placement of batteries!
Yes, some of those cars are very nice and high tech!!
This is amazing challenge.. beautiful solar cars ..
Amazing photographs...
Thank you so much.
This was an innovative challenge great to see this really one of a kind of thing happened :D
Yes, this is very nice, they will have a World Solar Challenge in Australia next year.