Sydney’s University of New South Wales Sunswift 7 solar-powered electric car has claimed a provisional Guinness World Record by going 1000 km (620 miles) on a single charge in under 12 hours. The car, designed and built by students, posted a time of 11 hours 53.32 minutes for the distance … [continued]
While the students from the University of New South Wales wait for the ratification of their recent Guinness World Record attempt for the fastest solar electric car over a distance of 1000 km (620 miles), let’s have a look at the background. The Sunswift 7 car was the culmination of … [continued]
Here’s another massive link drop of cool EV stories that we haven’t covered on CleanTechnica. From EV advertising leadership to Tesla, Tesla, Tesla…. Enjoy! (Be sure to check out all of our EV stories too!) Non-Tesla EVs http://youtu.be/hmCOAHJdOCw Nissan & Kia Up Spending On EV Advertising SunSwift Crowdfunding Campaign Raises … [continued]
That sound you can’t hear is not the clatter of my keyboard but rather rain coming down on Adelaide as I write this. However, despite the rain falling now, we had fine conditions and plenty of sunshine for the 2013 World Solar Challenge Parade that was held earlier today. I … [continued]
An engineering team from Sydney, Australia has created a solar-powered car that looks like a normal car, functions like a normal car, and certainly appears to be able to completely take the place of one, hopefully within the near-future anyway. The eVe, as the creators have named it, was created … [continued]
This article originally published on RenewEconomy The award-winning UNSW Solar Racing Team, Sunswift, is making a big transition this year – from racing a solar module on wheels to what team members think might be the future of the car; a solar electric hybrid vehicle. Sunswift currently holds the world … [continued]
Last week, a car designed and built by University of South Wales students, the Sunwift IVy solar car, smashed the world solar car speed record. At the HMAS Albatross navy base airstrip in Nowra, the car was recorded going over 88 kmh (nearly 55 mph), beating the previous record of … [continued]
