European Solar Challenge 2016

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Here are the 12 solar car teams that will be competing in the European Solar Challenge this year, with links to their websites and social media. The ESC will be held at Circuit Zolder in Belgium from September 23 to 25 this year. It will be a 24 hour endurance track race, competing against a (non-solar) Tesla Model S. About half the points for the ESC will come from the number of laps of the track completed. Other points will come from the fastest lap time, a timed chicane challenge on the 23^rd, and a presentation about the car. Follow the race on Facebook and Twitter.

Circuit Zolder in 2009 (photo: JNas)

  Bochum University of Applied Sciences 

This team came 3^rd in the Cruiser class at WSC 2015. Bochum are fielding three teams at ESC.

  

  Cambridge University 

This team came 22^nd in the Challenger class at WSC 2015.

  Dokuz Eylül University / Solaris 

This team came 25^th in the Challenger class at WSC 2015.

  EAFIT / Cambria 

  Futuro Solare 

This appears to be a relatively new team. Read more about them here.

  Istanbul Technical University 

This team came 17^th in the Challenger class at WSC 2013.

  Onda Solare 

This team came 10^th in the Challenger class at WSC 2013, and 10^th in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge.

  Punch Powertrain Solar Team 

This team came 3^rd in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge, and 5^th in the Challenger class at WSC 2015.

  Solar Energy Racers 

This team came 5^th in the Challenger class at WSC 2013, and 11^th in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge. They also participated in this year’s American Solar Challenge. They will be racing their SER-1 car, which was their entry in the 2011 WSC.

  Solar Team Twente 

This team came 2^nd in the Challenger class at WSC 2015.

Here is the 4.011 km long Circuit Zolder track:

Circuit Zolder track (map by Will Pittenger, car photo by Anthony Dekker)

This post last updated 22:15 on 31 August 2016 AEST

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