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This is a list of solar car racing teams.

Australia

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Aurora Vehicle Association 1987 5+ 101 101 URL
Lake Tuggeranong College Solar Car Association
(Lake Tuggeranong College)		 1995 2 ACTEW Spirit of Canberra
no longer active		 5, 10
Sol Invictus - ANU
(Australian National University)		 2015 2 MTAA SuperCharge 2 41 URL
Sungroper
(Sungroper Solar Car Association)		 2001 2+ Sungroper 3 6 URL
Sunshark
(University of Queensland)		 1996 1 no longer active URL
UNSW Solar Racing Team
(University of New South Wales)		 1995 5 Sunswift eVe 75 URL
Western Sydney Solar Team
(Western Sydney University)		 2012 4 UNLIMITED 3.0 15 URL
Team Arrow
(Team Arrow Racing Association)		 2012 2 ArrowSTF 30 URL
MTAA Super Solar Racing

(Australian National University)

2015 3 Super Charge 3.0 URL

Belgium

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Agoria Solar Team
(KU Leuven)		 2004 8 BluePoint 8 URL

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

Canada

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Blue Sky Solar Racing
(University of Toronto)		 1996 10 Viridian 77 URL
Eclipse solar car team
(École de technologie supérieure)		 1992 10 Éclipse X 101 URL
Esteban
(École Polytechnique de Montréal)		 1998 9 Esteban 9 55 URL
McGill University Solarcar Team - Team iSun
(McGill University)		 1992 3 iSun 66 URL
McMaster Solar Car Project
(McMaster University)		 1997 5 Spitfire 116 URL
Midnight Sun
(University of Waterloo)		 1990 12 Midnight Sun XII 24 URL
Omega Solar
(Durham College and UOIT)		 2008 1 Arctic Sun URL
Queen's University Solar Vehicle Team
(Queen's University at Kingston)		 1988 11 Aurum 100 URL
SunStang Solar Car Project
(University of Western Ontario)		 1991 6 SunStang 96 URL
UBC Solar
(University of British Columbia)		 2008 1 Raven URL
University of Calgary Solar Car Team
(University of Calgary)		 2004 4 Schulich Delta 65 URL
University of Ottawa Solar Race Team
(University of Ottawa)		 1989 2 RALOS II 125 URL
The Power of One, solar car project
(Marcelo da Luz)		 1999 1 Xof1 125 URL

Chile

Team name(Affiliation) Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Emu Alpha
(Adolfo Ibáñez University)		 2017 1 Emu Alpha 11 URL
Eolian
(University of Chile)		 2007 5 Eolian Fénix URL
ESUS Solar Team
(University of Santiago, Chile)		 2011 3 Apolo 3 URL
Antakari Solar Team
(University of La Serena)		 2011 3 Intikallpa 3 URL
Equipo Solar
(University of Concepción)		 2011 2 Antünekul URL

Colombia

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
EAFIT-EPM Solar Car Team
(EAFIT University)		 2012 2 Primavera 05 URL

Denmark

Team name (Affiliation) Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Solvogn Danmark
(Sønderborg Teknikum)		 1986 3 TheThird (1996) 23 URL

France

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Helios
 1992 4 Helios IV 4 URL

Germany

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
HS Bochum Solar Car Team
(Hochschule Bochum)		 1999 6 thyssenkrupp SunRiser 11 URL
Sonnenwagen Aachen
(RWTH Aachen University and FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences)		 2015 2 Covestro Sonnenwagen 70 URL

Greece

Team name
(Affiliation) 		Year started Number of cars Current car Website
University of Patras 2005 1 HERMES II (Unfinished)

India

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Electro-X India

(Galgotias University)

2017 1 V1 [1]
DJS Helios
(Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering)		 2015 3 TBA URL
D.T.U Solar Car
(D.T.U {DCE})		 2006 4 Arka SOLARIS007 URL
NSIT Solar Car
(NSIT)		 2007 4 Phoenix 1 99 URL
SolarMobil Manipal - (Manipal Institute of Technology Solar Car)
(Manipal Institute of Technology)		 2011 4 SM-S2 (5th Car in progress) URL
RVCE Solar Car Team
(R.V. College of Engineering)		 2013 2 Arka 34 URL
Team Hyperion
(Sinhgad College of Engineering)		 2016 2 INFINITI 4.0 3 URL
Team Saurveg
(Finolex Academy of Management and Technology Ratnagiri Maharashtra)		 2016 3 SOLEX URL

Iran

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Persian Gazelle Solar Car Team
(University of Tehran)		 2004 4 Persian Gazelle IV 38 URL
Havin Solar Car Team
(Qazvin Islamic Azad University)		 2009 2 HAVIN 2 73 URL

Italy

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Onda_solare
(University of Bologna)		 2003 4 Emilia 4 9 URL
Futuro Solare
(Futuro Solare Association)		 2006 1 Archimede1.0 7 URL

Jordan

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Philadelphia University
 2013 1 Ben Ben 1 URL

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 1999 4 KIT Golden Eagle4 URL
Team Shimon
Hama Zero
TEAM SUNLAKE 1993 12 SUNLAKE EVO URL
Hoxan
Team Jona Sun 1994 6 RAZARTE Jona Sun 9 URL
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
Kogakuin University 2009 3 OWL URL

Indonesia

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
ITS Solar Car Racing Team
(Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya)		 1985 4 Sapu Angin Surya 32 URL

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

Morocco

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Mines Rabat Solar Team

(École nationale supérieure des mines de Rabat)

2013 4 Eleadora 2 2 WebSite

The Netherlands

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Nuon Solar Team
(Delft University of Technology)		 2001 10 Nuna X 3 URL
Solar Team Twente
(University of Twente)		 2004 8 Red E 21 URL
Solar Team Eindhoven
(Eindhoven University of Technology)		 2012 4 Stella Era 40 URL
Top Dutch Solar Racing

(Hanzehogeschool Groningen)

2018 1 Green Lightning 6 URL

Pakistan

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started 67 pakistani 12 Car # Website
Solar Samba
(NED University, Karachi)		 1987 1

Poland

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Lodz Solar Team
(Lodz University of Technology)		 2014 2 Eagle 2 45 URL
PUT Solar Dynamics
(Poznań University of Technology)		 2018 1 TBA 777 URL

Puerto Rico

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Solar Engineering Research Racing Team
(University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus)		 1989 4 El Wanabi 787 URL

Saudi Arabia

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
[[Seraaj Team by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)]] 2011 2 Wahj1 & Wahj2 63 URL

South Africa

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
UJ Solar
(University of Johannesburg)		 2011 2 Ilanga I.I 7 URL
Wits Solar Car
(University of the Witwatersrand)		 2010 2 Parhelion 3 URL
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
NWU Solar Team
(North-West University)		 2012 1 son-e-wa 23 URL
UKZN Solar Team
(University of KwaZulu-Natal)		 2012 2 iKlwa 31 URL

Sweden

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
JU Solar Team
(Jönköping University)		 2013 4 Axelent 46 URL
Chalmers Solar Team
(Chalmers University of Technology)		 2019 1 Alfrödull 51 URL
Halmstad University Solar Team
(Halmstad University, Sweden)		 2019 1 Heart 3 23 URL
MDH Solar Team
(Mälardalen University College)		 2019 1 22 URL

Switzerland

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Spirit of Biel
(Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bienne)		 1987 4
Heliox Solar Team
(Dominic de Vries)		 2007 1 [2]
SWISSPIRIT
[1]		 2009 1 SWISSPIRIT 71 URL

Turkey

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
TurkMekatronik Solar Car Team
(Kocaeli University)		 2000 7 GAYRET URL
Anadolu Solar Team
(Anadolu University)		 2006 4 Sunatolia 2 26 URL
ORET
(Gaziantep University)		 2005 4 ORETRON-2 27 URL
ATILIM SOLLAR
(Atilim University)		 2003 2 HASAT, MELIH TURGUT URL
OSCAR Solar Car Team
(Eskisehir Osmangazi University)		 2009 2 OSCAR/9 009 URL
METU Robot Society
(Middle East Technical University)		 2003 3 ODTU-TEK URL
SAITEM-Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Application Community
(Sakarya University)		 2003 5 SAGUAR II 6 URL
Bogazici University Solar Car Team
(Bogazici University)		 2006 2 Theia 59R URL
EGETET
(Ege University		 2006 1 EgEFE, EgEFE+, EgEFE jr. URL
H.Ü. Formula G Team
(Hacettepe University		 2007 2 Hünkar, Hünkar-D #23, Unknown URL
SOCRAT
(Istanbul University)		 2008 5 SOCRAT'12 1 URL
ITU Solar Car Team
(Istanbul Technical University)		 2003 9 B.O.W. 34 URL
EcoMagnesia Solar Car Team
(Celal Bayar University)		 2007 4 Bayaraba, Magar, Tarzan I, Tarzan II URL
METU SoularCAR TEAM
(Middle East Technical University)		 2003 2 SoularCar 1&2 URL
SOLAMAR
(Marmara University)		 2006 1 Marti
Solar Team Solaris
(Dokuz Eylul University)		 2003 11 S10 URL
Yenerji
(Middle East Technical University)		 2006 1 Myst
YTU Ae2 Project
(Yildiz Technical University)		 2010 2 Ae2 Solar 418 (SEM) URL
YTU AESK
(Yildiz Technical University)		 2004 7 Barracuda X URL
Hitit Gunesi Solar Car Team
(Ankara University)		 2003 2 Günebakan URL
YASARGUNES1
Yasar University		 2009 2 YASAR GUNES-1, YASAR GUNES-2 URL

United Arab Emirates

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
PI Solar Car Team
(The Petroleum Institute)		 2014 1 YAS 1 URL

United Kingdom

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
Durham University Electric Motorsport
(Durham University)		 2002 5 Ortus 20 URL
Cambridge University Eco Racing
(University of Cambridge)		 2007 5 Mirage URL
UCL SolarFox
(University College London)		 2007 1 SolarFox3 URL
Edinsolar
(University of Edinburgh)		 2014 1 TBA 1 URL

United States

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
App State Solar Vehicle Team

(Appalachian State University)

2015 2 ROSE 828 URL
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
Belmont Solar Car Team
(Belmont High School)		 2011 1 URL
Bloomington High School South Solar Racing
(Bloomington High School South)		 1997 5 Komachi URL
CalSol - UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team
(University of California, Berkeley)		 1991 9 Tachyon 6 URL
Cal State LA Solar Car Team
(California State University, Los Angeles)		 1990 3 Solar Eagle III 8 URL
Georgia Southern University Solar Vehicle Team
(Georgia Southern University)		 2007 1 URL
Georgia Tech Solar Racing
(Georgia Institute of Technology)		 2001 2 Odyssey[2] 49 URL
Hypernova Solar
(George Mason University)		 2018 1 Orion 77 URL
Illini Solar Car
(University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)		 2014 1 Argo 22 URL
Illinois State University Solar Race Team
(Illinois State University)		 2004 6 Mercury 6 17 URL
KSU Solar Racing Team
(Kansas State University)		 1995 5 ReParagon (2008) 28 URL
KSU Solar Vehicle Team
(Kennesaw State University)		 2016 URL
LATI Solar Car Team
Lake Area Technical Institute		 2012 1 Tombstone
Los Altos Solar Vehicle Team
Los Altos High School		 2001 Solar Shadow III
Michigan State University
(Michigan State University)		 2010 2 Leonidas 13 URL
Missouri S&T Solar Car Team
(Missouri University of Science and Technology)		 1991 12 Independence 42 URL
MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)		 1985 13 Arcturus 7 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
New Jersey Institute of Technology Solar Car Team
(New Jersey Institute of Technology)		 2017 1 Eleos 86 URL
NUsolar
(Northwestern University)		 1999 6 sc6
 11
URL
Ohio State Solar Vehicle Team
(The Ohio State University)		 1993[3] 1 Firefly URL
Oregon Solar Car Team
(Bend-LaPine School District)		 2007 3 Lumidos URL
Oregon State University Solar Vehicle Team
(Oregon State University)		 2005 3 Phoenix 256 URL
Prairie View A&M University Solar Car Team
(Prairie View A&M University)		 1995 1
Principia Solar Car Team
(Principia College)		 1991 9 Ra 9 32 URL
Project SARA
(Project SARA)		 2007 1 SARA I 1 URL
PrISUm
(Iowa State University)		 1989 13 Penumbra 9 URL
Purdue Solar Racing
(Purdue University)		 1991 10 Pulsar
Celeritas
Navitas
Renatus		 314 URL
Rice Solar Car Team
(Rice University)		 2010 1 Enterprise 103 URL
Rose-Hulman Solar Phantom
(Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)		 1990 6 Solar Phantom VI 74 URL
RPI Solar Car Racing Team
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)		 2008 2 'Photon' URL
Rutgers Solar Car Team
(Rutgers University)		 2009 1 Solar Jeffreys 1 URL
SIUE Solar Car Racing Team
(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)		 2004 2 Black Nova 57 URL
SOL of Auburn
(Auburn University)		 1989 6 "TIGER" 7 URL
Solar Racing Team at TTU
(Texas Tech University)		 2009 1 Raider 1 23 URL
SolarPack
(North Carolina State University)		 2017 1 99 URL
SPHS Solar Knights
(South Plantation High School)		 2005 3 The Solar Knight III URL
Stanford solar car project
(Stanford University)		 1989 14 Black Mamba 16 URL
Sunseeker
(Western Michigan University)		 1990 8 Farasi 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
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 Florida Solar Gators
(University of Florida)		 2014 2 Cielo 5 URL
University of Kentucky Solar Car Team
(University of Kentucky)		 1999 5 Gato del Sol V 3 URL
University of Michigan Solar Car Team
(University of Michigan)		 1989 14 Electrum 2
URL
University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project
(University of Minnesota)		 1990 13 Eos II 35 URL
University of Texas at Austin Solar Vehicle Team
(University of Texas at Austin)		 1989 3 Texsun URL
University of Toledo Solar Car Team
(University of Toledo)		 2010 1 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

Venezuela

Team name
(Affiliation)		 Year started Number of cars Current car Car # Website
USB Solar
(Universidad Simón Bolívar)		 2005 2 KÄI CS2 8 URL

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

See also

World Solar Challenge
North American Solar Challenge

References

  1. ^ (Schools of Switzerland : HSB Biel/Bienne, IMT Neuchâtel EPFL, HEIG Yverdon-les-Bains, EIF Fribourg, EIG Genève, HE-ARC Le Locle, CPLN Neuchâtel)
  2. ^ "SR-2: Odyssey (2018) – GTSR". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. ^ 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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