Comments on: Stella Takes First At World Solar Challenge — “World’s First Solar-Powered Family Car” Wins Michelin Cruiser Class

By: arne-nl

arne-nl — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 03:15:00 +0000

“Stella completed the 3,000 kilometer journey from Darwin to Adelaide using nothing but the energy of the Sun”

Not so, alas.

The entrants in the cruiser class were allowed to recharge their 15 kWh battery packs from the grid. And they did. How much electricity they used form the grid apparently affected the final score, so using as much solar as possible improves your chances of winning.

By: Wayne Williamson

Wayne Williamson — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:09:00 +0000

Wow…cool looking car…and it works too…
Probably not practical for real world…then again who knows…..

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:44:00 +0000

Definitely caught the eye of people around the world.

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:16:00 +0000

And here I was thinking that Sunswift’s eVe of the of the University of New South Wales was the winner in that class. I suppose I confused the fact that it was the first across the finish line who was first with regards to total score. Looks like I have a correction to make. But I’m not at all surprised that Stella won. She’s an excellent vehicle designed, built, and run by an excellent team.