World Solar Challenge: team status

Solar Team Eindhoven in their Darwin workshop

Another quick update: the following local and international World Solar Challenge teams are now in, or travelling to, Australia (click on the social media icons to find out what they are up to):

Cruiser class – 4 teams (out of 12)

• 11: Bochum University of Applied Sciences (  Germany, SunRiser) – driving north, and have almost reached Darwin (see their live map)
• 35: University of Minnesota (  USA, Eos) – touched down at Brisbane airport, and continued to Adelaide
• 40: Solar Team Eindhoven (  Netherlands, Stella Lux) – in Darwin, with their car (see their photo above)
• 75: University of New South Wales / Sunswift (  Australia, eVe) – local team

Challenger class – 10 teams (out of 30)

• 2: University of Michigan (  USA, Aurum) – in Adelaide, blogging regularly
• 3: Nuon Solar Team (  Netherlands, Nuna8) – in Darwin, and will be posting videos on Ubideo (sadly, for those with Windows phones)
• 8: Punch Powertrain Solar Team (  Belgium, Punch One) – in Darwin, with their car
• 9: Adelaide University (  Australia, Lumen) – local team
• 12: Cambridge University (  United Kingdom, Evolution) – in Adelaide, inspiring schoolchildren
• 13: Western Sydney U Solar Car Project (  Australia, Unlimited) – local team
• 16: Stanford Solar Car Project (  USA, Arctan) – in Adelaide, after having done some test drives back home
• 21: Solar Team Twente (  Netherlands, Red One) – in Darwin, with their car
• 30: Clenergy Team Arrow (  Australia, Arrow1) – local team
• 77: University of Toronto / Blue Sky (  Canada, Horizon) – still in transit

Adventure class – 1 team (out of 4)

• 42: TAFE SA (  Australia, Solar Spirit) – local team