Dutch teams win both categories of World Solar Challenge

Posted on 26 Oct 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
Teams raced to the finish line in Adelaide in the final section of the World Solar Challenge. Image courtesy of World Solar Challenge.

Teams from the Netherlands have won both categories of the World Solar Challenge, a cross-desert solar-powered automobile race.

The team Nuon crossed the line in first place in the Schneider Electric Challenger Class with fellow Dutch team Twente taking second place. In the Challenger Class section of the World Solar Challenge, teams work to build highly efficient and speedy solar vehicles, which are then raced between Darwin and Adelaide, through the Australian Outback.…

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