List of solar car teams
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This is a list of solar car teams.
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[edit] Australia
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Vehicle Association | 1987 | 5+ | 101 | 101 | URL |
| Sungroper (Sungroper Solar Car Association) |
2001 | 2+ | Sungroper 3 | 6 | URL |
| Sunshark (University of Queensland) |
no longer active | URL | |||
| UNSW Solar Racing Team (University of New South Wales) |
1995 | 4 | Sunswift IV | 73 | URL |
[edit] Belgium
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umicore Solar Team (Group T - Leuven Engineering College) |
2004 | 4 | Umicar Imagine | 8 | URL |
[edit] Brazil
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USP Solar (University of São Paulo) |
1997 | 1 | The Banana Enterprise | 88 | URL |
[edit] Canada
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Sky Solar Racing (University of Toronto) |
1998 | 5 | Cerulean | 77 | English |
| Éclipse (École de technologie supérieure) |
1992 | 7 | Éclipse 7 | 92 | French English |
| Esteban (École Polytechnique de Montréal) |
1998 | 5 | Esteban V | 55 | French English |
| McGill University Solarcar Team - Team iSun (McGill University) |
1992 | 3 | iSun | 66 | French English |
| McMaster Solar Car Project (McMaster University) |
1997 | 4 | Phoenix II | 116 | English |
| Midnight Sun (University of Waterloo) |
1990 | 10 | Midnight Sun X | 24 | English |
| Omega Solar (Durham College and UOIT) |
2008 | 1 | Arctic Sun | None | English |
| Queen's University Solar Vehicle Team (Queen's University) |
1988 | 11 | Aurum | 100 | English |
| SunStang Solar Car Project (University of Western Ontario) |
1991 | 6 | SunStang | 96 | English |
| UBC Solar (University of British Columbia) |
2008 | 1 | Raven | None | English |
| University of Calgary Solar Car Team (University of Calgary) |
2004 | 3 | Schulich Axiom | 65 | English |
| University of Ottawa Solar Race Team (University of Ottawa) |
1989 | 2 | RALOS II | 125 | English |
| The Power of One, solar car project (Marcelo da Luz) |
1999 | 1 | Xof1 | 125 | English french |
[edit] Chile
| Team name(Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UChile Conecta (ingenieria.uchile.cl/) |
2007 | 1 | Eolian | 35 | URL |
[edit] Denmark
| Team name(Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solvogn Danmark (Sønderborg Teknikum) |
1986 | 3 | TheThird (1996) | 23 | URL |
[edit] France
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helios |
1992 | 4 | Helios IV | 4 | URL |
[edit] Germany
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS Bochum Solar Car Team (Hochschule Bochum) |
1999 | 3 | Solarworld No.1 BOcruiser |
42(WSC) 10 (ASC 2010) - 12(WSC) |
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| FH-SW Solar Racing e.V. (Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt) |
2007 | 1 (planned) | SSC1 |
[edit] India
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.T.U Solar Car (D.T.U {DCE}) |
2006 | Three {03} | Avenir[disambiguation needed  ] |
SOLARIS007 | Web Portal |
| NSIT Solar Car (NSIT) |
2008 | 1 | Advay | N.A. | URL |
[edit] Iran
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persian Gazelle Solar Car Team (University of Tehran) |
2004 | 2 | Persian Gazelle 1 & 2 | 7 | [1] [2] |
| Havin Solar Car Team (Qazvin Islamic Azad University) |
2009 | 1 | HAVIN 1 | 73 | [3] |
[edit] Japan
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita University | ' | ||||
| Ashiya University Solar Car Project | 1992 | 3 | Ashiya SkyAceTIGA | URL | |
| Honda | 1990 | 3 | Honda Dream | 3 | |
| Junk Yard | 1998 | 1 | Spirit of Junkyard | 16 | URL |
| Kyocera and Kitami Institute of Technology |
1987 | ? | Son of Sun | 77 | |
| Mitsubishi Materials | 1996 | 1 | Sun Challenger | 33 | |
| Nagoya Institute of Technology | 1992 | ' | URL | ||
| Tokai University | 1991 | 9 | Tokai Challenger Tokai Spirit Tokai Falcon |
60 11 3 |
URL URL |
| Toyota | 1989 | ? | Toyota RaRa X | 8 | |
| Osaka Institute of Technology | Iris Type ONE | URL | |||
| Osaka Sangyo University | OSU Model S | URL | |||
| Kanazawa Institute of Technology | KIT Golden Eagle4 | URL | |||
| Team Shimon | ' | ||||
| Hama Zero | ' | ||||
| TEAM SUNLAKE | 1993 | 12 | SUNLAKE EVO | URL | |
| Hoxan | ' | ||||
| Ritsumeikan University | Vi-mana09 | URL | |||
| Tottori University | ' | ||||
| Waseda University | 1990 | Sky Blue Waseda | |||
| Yamaguchi University | ' | URL | |||
| Zero to Darwin Project | 1991 | 3 | ' | 151 | URL |
| Team OKINAWA | 2009 | 3 | LEQUION | 90 | URL |
[edit] Malaysia
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTM Solar Car Team (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) |
1995 | 2 | Suriakar 2 | 9 | URL |
[edit] The Netherlands
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Team Twente (University of Twente) |
2004 | 3 | 21revolution | 21 | URL |
| Nuon Solar Team (Delft University of Technology) |
2001 | 5 | Nuna 5 | 3 | URL |
[edit] Pakistan
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Samba (NED University, Karachi) |
1997 | 1 |
[edit] Saudi Arabia
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seraaj (KFUPM) |
2011 | 1 | Seraaj | 63 | URL |
[edit] South Africa
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunna (Divwatt) |
2008 | 1 | Sunna | 15 | URL |
| Advanced Energy Foundation (Non-profit Group) |
2008 | 1 | Sanyo Iritron | 12 | URL |
| Deutsche Schule Johannesburg (German Intl high school) |
2009 | 1 | tba | 1 | URL |
[edit] Switzerland
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sCHooler (United High Schools of Biel/Bienne) |
1996 | 1 | [] | ||
| Spirit of Biel (Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bienne) |
1987 | 1 | [] | ||
| Spirit of Biel II (Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bienne) |
1990 | 1 | [] | ||
| Spirit of Biel III (Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bienne) |
1993 | 1 | [] | ||
| Heliox Solar Team (Dominic de Vries) |
2007 | 1 | [1] | ||
| SWISSPIRIT [4] |
2009 could not start: official version as damaged | 1 | SWISSPIRIT | 71 | URL |
[edit] Turkey
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORET (Gaziantep University) |
2005 | 4 | ORETRON-2 | 27 | ORET WEB & FORUM | |
| ATILIM SOLLAR (Atilim University) |
2003 | 2 | HASAT , MELIH TURGUT | ATILIMSOLLAR | ||
| OSCAR Solar Car Team (Eskisehir Osmangazi University) |
2009 | 2 | OSCAR/9 | 009 | OSCAR/9 | |
| METU Robot Society (Middle East Technical University) |
2003 | 3 | ODTU-TEK | ' | ODTU-TEK | |
| SAITEM-Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Application Community (Sakarya University) |
2003 | 5 | SAGUAR II | 6 | SAITEM | |
| Bogazici University Solar Car Team (Bogazici University) |
2006 | 2 | Theia | 59R | B.U. solar car web site | |
| EGETET (Ege University |
2006 | 1 | EgEFE, EgEFE+, EgEFE jr. | http://www.egefe.org | ||
| H.Ü. Formula G Team (Hacettepe University |
2007 | 2 | Hünkar, Hünkar-D | #23, Unknown | HUNKAR website | |
| SOCRAT (Istanbul University) |
2008 | 1 | SOCRAT | 1 | SOCRAT WebSite | |
| ITU Solar Car Team (Istanbul Technical University) |
2003 | 4 | ARIba 4 | 34(WSC) | ITU-SCT | |
| ecoMAGNESIA Solar Car Team (Celal Bayar University) |
2007 | 1 | MAGAR H2 | EcoMagnesia Website | ||
| METU SoularCAR TEAM (Middle East Technical University) |
2003 | 2 | SoularCar 1&2 | URL | ||
| SOLAMAR (Marmara University) |
2006 | 1 | Marti | |||
| SOLARIS (Dokuz Eylul University) |
2004 | 2 | Solaris 3 | URL | ||
| Yenerji (Middle East Technical University) |
2006 | 1 | Myst | |||
| YTU AESK (Yildiz Technical University) |
2004 | 7 | Barracuda X | URL | ||
| Hitit Gunesi Solar Car Team (Ankara University) |
2003 | 2 | Günebakan | hititgunesi.net | ||
| YASARGUNES1 Yasar University |
2009 | 2 | YASAR GUNES-1,YASAR GUNES-2 | YASARGUNES SOLAR CAR TEAM WEB SITE |
[edit] United Kingdom
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge University Eco Racing (University of Cambridge) |
2007 | 1 | Affinity (codenamed Alice) | URL | |
| Durham University Solar Car (Durham University) |
2004 | 1 | DUSC2008 | 175 | URL |
| UCL SolarFox (University College London) |
2007 | 1 | SolarFox3 | URL |
[edit] United States of America
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Solar Racing Team (University of Arizona) |
1997 | 5 | Drifter 2.0 | 8 | URL |
| Arizona State University Solar Vehicle Team (Arizona State University) |
1990 | 2 | Sun Devil Cruiser | URL | |
| Bloomington High School South Solar Racing (Bloomington High School South) |
1997 | 5 | Komachi | URL | |
| CalSol (University of California, Berkeley) |
1991 | 6 | Impulse | 254 | URL |
| Cal State LA Solar Car Team (Cal State, Los Angeles) |
1990 | 3 | Solar Eagle III | 8 | URL |
| Georgia Southern University Solar Vehicle Team (Georgia Southern University) |
2007 | 1 | URL | ||
| SolarJackets (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
2001 | 1 | URL | ||
| ISU Solar Race Team (Illinois State University) |
2004 | 4 | Mercury IV | 5 | URL |
| KSU Solar Racing Team (Kansas State University) |
1995 | 5 | ReParagon (2008) | 28 | URL |
| Los Altos Solar Vehicle Team Los Altos High School |
2001 | Solar Shadow III | |||
| Missouri S&T Solar Car Team (Missouri University of Science and Technology) |
1991 | 9 | Solar Miner VII (2010) | 42 | URL |
| MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
1985 | 11 | Chopper Del Sol | 4 | URL |
| Mizzou Solar Car Team (University of Missouri) |
1992 | 6 | SunTiger VI | 43 | URL |
| Montana State University (Montana State University) |
1995 | 2 | Double Black Diamond | 406 | URL |
| Newburgh Free Academy Solar Racing Team (NFA Solar Racing Team) |
2007 | Sol Machine VII | URL | ||
| NUsolar (Northwestern University) |
1999 | 5 | sc5 |
11 | URL |
| Ohio State Solar Vehicle Team (The Ohio State University) |
1993[5] | 1 | Firefly | URL | |
| Oregon State University Solar Vehicle Team (Oregon State University) |
2005 | 1 | Raindancer | URL | |
| Prairie View A&M University Solar Car Team (Prairie View A&M University) |
1995 | 1 | |||
| Principia Solar Car Team (Principia College) |
1991 | 8 | Ra 7s | 32 | URL |
| Project SARA (Project SARA) |
2007 | 1 | SARA I | 1 | URL |
| Purdue Solar Racing (Purdue University) |
1993 | 8 | Pulsar Celeritas |
314 | URL |
| RPI Solar Car Racing Team (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
2008 | 2 | 'Photon' | URL | |
| Rutgers Solar Car Team (Rutgers University) |
2009 | 1 | 1 | URL | |
| SOL of Auburn (Auburn University) |
7 | URL | |||
| SIUE Solar Racing Team (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) |
2004 | 1 | Cougar Cruiser 9000 | 57 | URL |
| Solar Racing Team at TTU (Texas Tech University) |
2009 | 1 | Raider 1 | 23 | URL |
| SPHS Solar Knights (South Plantation High School) |
2005 | 2 | The Solar Knight II | URL | |
| Stanford solar car project (Stanford University) |
1989 | 10 | Xenith | 16 | URL |
| Sunseeker (Western Michigan University) |
1990 | 5 | Sunseeker | 786 | URL |
| Sunsetters NDSU Solar Race Team (North Dakota State University) |
2001 | 2 | Prairie Fire GT | 22 | URL |
| Team New England (MIT) (no longer affiliated) (UMASS Lowell) (no longer affiliated) (Northern Essex Community College) (historic affiliation) |
1993 | 5 | 28 | URL | |
| PrISUm (Iowa State University) |
1989 | 9 | Sol Invictus | 9 | URL |
| Texas A&M Solar Motorsports Team (Texas A&M University) |
12 | URL | |||
| West Point (United States Military Academy) |
1995 | 1 | Onondaga | 27 | URL |
| University of Kentucky Solar Car Team (University of Kentucky) |
1999 | 4 | Gato del Sol IV | 3 | URL |
| University of Michigan Solar Car Team (University of Michigan) |
1989 | 11 | Quantum | 2 | URL |
| University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project (University of Minnesota) |
1990 | 9 | Centaurus II | 35 | URL |
| University of Toledo Solar Car Team (University of Toledo) |
2010 | 1 | URL | ||
| University of Texas at Austin Solar Vehicle Team (University of Texas at Austin) |
1989 | 3 | Samsung Solorean | URL | |
| University of Utah Solar Vehicle Design Team University of Utah |
2001 | 1 | Steel Sun Beast | URL | |
| UVA Solar Car Team (University of Virginia) |
1998 | 3 | Solar Revolution III | 87 | URL |
| Viking XX Team (Western Washington University) |
1990 | 1 | 20 | URL | |
| Winston Solar Car Team (The Winston School) |
1990 | 9 | The Hunter | URL |
[edit] Venezuela
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USB Solar Venezuela (Universidad Simón Bolívar) |
2005 | 1 | USB SOLAR, Araguaney I | 206 | URL |
[edit] New Zealand
| Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Fern (Solar Fern Racing) |
2006 | 1 | Solar Fern | 35 | URL |
[edit] See also
World Solar Challenge
North American Solar Challenge
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.persian-gazelle.com/PG1/first%20site/english/index.htm
- ^ http://www.persian-gazelle.com/PG1/first%20site/persian/index.htm
- ^ http://qiau.ac.ir
- ^ (Schools of Switzerland : HSB Biel/Bienne, IMT Neuchâtel EPFL, HEIG Yverdon-les-Bains, EIF Fribourg, EIG Genève, HE-ARC Le Locle, CPLN Neuchâtel)
- ^ The OSU solar team was formed shortly after the beginning of the 1993-1994 school year in September, 1993; they first competed in Sunrayce 95
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