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The 2001 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia. The winner was a Nuna "Alpha Centauri" car built by Nuon of the Netherlands.

Results

Rank Team Car Name Country Speed (km/h)
1 Delft University of Technology Nuna - Alpha Centauri Netherlands 91.81
2 Aurora Vehicle Association Aurora Australia 90.26
3 University of Michigan M-Pulse United States 87.37
4 University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Miner III United States 79.45
5 Queens University Mirage Canada 78.45
6 University of Tamagawa White Dolphin Japan 76.12
7 Lake Tuggeranong College Spirit of Canberra Australia 73.81
8 Northern Territory University Desert Rose Australia 73.36
9 Kanazawa Institute of Technology Golden Eagle Japan 72.14
10 Solar Motions SOMO United States 70.35
11 University of New South Wales Sunswift 2 Australia 68.89
12 University of Tamagawa Dolphin Japan 68.08
13 Tokai University Tokai Spirit Japan 67.59
14 University of Toronto Faust Canada 67.47
15 University of Waterloo Midnight Sun VI Canada 67.45
16 South Bank University Mad Dog 3 England 63.83
17 Ashiya University Sky Ace Tiga Japan 62.05
18 AGU Solar Car Project AGU Aglaia Japan 61.98
19 Tokyo Salesian Polytechnic Ikuei Neo II Japan 61.86
20 Helios Helios2-001 France 61.26

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20020613175609/http://www.wsc.org.au/Results/2001/final.solar