Fuji,
a company famous for its film, digital cameras and other photographic
products, entered the vehicle below in the Darwin to Adelaide
race. The Rose is reputed
to have a 98.2% efficient electric motor and to have cost several
million pounds to develop. This car won the World Solar Challenge
(WSC) in 1996. This same development figure would have built and equipped the Solar
Navigator catamaran.
Fuji
Xerox - Desert Rose
Why
not visit the webpage opposite for more information: Fuji
Desert Rose Solar car
Entrants
in the cross Australia race, from Darwin to Adelaide, use solar panels
to power a lightweight car over 2,000 miles at speeds of up to 50 miles
per hour. Clearly, solar power can deliver
enough energy to drive a vehicle considerable distance given the right
conditions.
Fuji
Xerox is the
principal sponsor of the Fuji Xerox Desert Rose solar car. The team has
recently received sponsorship deals from APG Electrical, Paspaley
Pearl Group and Quality Plumbing. The Desert Rose team wishes to
thank these businesses for their support. If you are a local business
and wish to support the Fuji Xerox Desert Rose solar car, please see the
contact given below.
(May/June
2001) Sponsorship
Motorola,
Holden, Faculty
Of Technology and Industrial Education, Colin Ross NT KTM Racing and
the NTU's VC's office have
recently sponsored the Desert Rose and the team wishes to thank these
businesses for their support.
(30/05/2001)
Website update
The
specifications page is now complete. Please email the webmaster on
matters of corrections and the like.
(13/10/99)
Whirlpool Sunrace 2000
For
the latest information on how the Fuji Xerox Desert Rose is going in the
Whirlpool Sunrace 2000, check out the link at the Northern
Territory University website. For more mature information visit the
2000 History page.
Fuji
Xerox
- Team
History
Links - 2001 - 2000
- 1999 - 1998
- 1996 - 1995
- 1993 - 1990
- 1987
The Fuji Xerox Desert Rose has been racing for over a decade now. With
this sort of experience, you would rightly expect that she would be a
good performer. And she is!
Since
her conception, prior to the very first 1987
World Solar Challenge (WSC), the Desert Rose has received numerous
awards particularly in the area of technical excellence. Most recently,
the Fuji Xerox Desert Rose was announced by the International Solar
Racing Federation as the fastest solar car averaged over 100 kms.
Averaging 107.78 kmh in the 'Hay 100', a feature of the Whirlpool
Sunrace 2000, the Desert Rose achieved one of the highest accolades
in solar car racing.
In
1999, the Desert
Rose managed 4th
place in the WSC for that year, only 1 hour behind the leader in the
3010 km race. This performance was her best to date in any WSC with 7th
place in 1996, 7th
place in 1993, 12th
place in 1990 and 5th
place in 1987.
The
travels of the Desert Rose are not just limited to Australia however,
she has also been twice to Akita in Japan. After a surprise phone call
in 1995, the Desert Rose participated in her first overseas race, the 1995
World Solar Rallye. This was the first of two attempts to win, the second
being held in 1998. Both races had good results, but better still
provided important lessons on reliability and strategy.
The
Desert Rose - glistening
For
general information and enquiries about the Fuji Xerox Desert Rose, please contact:
Associate
Professor Dean Patterson
Director
NT Centre for Energy Research
Email: d_patterson@banks.ntu.edu.au
Ph: +61 8 8946 6389
Fax: +61 8 8946 6993
The
1996 World Solar Challenge, 3010 km
Race Results
Placing |
Team |
Car |
Origin |
Time |
Speed |
1st |
Honda
R & D |
Dream |
Japan |
33:32
h:m |
89.76
km/h |
2nd |
United
High Schools of Biel |
sCHooler
(*) |
Switzerland |
35:00
h:m |
86.00
km/h |
3rd |
Aisin
Seiki Co Ltd |
Aisol
III |
Japan |
37:18
h:m |
80.70
km/h |
4th |
Mitsubishi
Materials Corporation |
Sun
Challenger |
Japan |
45:07
h:m |
66.72
km/h |
5th |
University
of Queensland |
Sunshark |
Australia |
46:24
h:m |
64.87
km/h |
6th |
Waseda
University |
Sky Blue
Waseda II |
Japan |
46:38
h:m |
64.55
km/h |
7th |
Northern
Territory University |
Fuji
Xerox Desert Rose |
Australia |
48:02
h:m |
62.66
km/h |
9th |
University
of New South Wales |
Sunswift
(*) |
Australia |
56:32
h:m |
53.24
km/h |
16th |
Lake
Tuggeranong College |
Spirit
of Canberra (*) |
Australia |
67:15
h:m |
44.76
km/h |
DNF |
Aurora |
Aurora
101 |
Australia |
Did
not finish, owing to accident on day 1 while running 4th |
ORGANISATION
A-Z
|
CAR'S
NAME
|
TEAM
NAME
|
Aristotle
Uni of Thessaloniki, Helios
|
Helios
|
Faculty
of Engineering
|
Arizona
Solar Racing Team - USA
|
|
Arizona
Solar Racing Team
|
Auburn
University
|
Sol
of Auburn
|
Sol
of Auburn
|
Aurora
Team, Australia
|
Aurora
|
Aurora
Vehicle Association
|
Bochum
Solar Car Team
|
|
Das
SolarCar der Fachhochschule
|
California
Poly S University
|
SLO
Burn Sidewinder
|
San Luis Obispo
|
Clarkson
Uni Solar Car Team, USA
|
|
The
Solar Knights
|
Delft
University - Holland
|
NUNA
I & II 2003
|
|
Dell
Winston School
|
The
Hunter
|
Solar Car Challenge
|
Desert
Rose, Northern Territory Uni
|
FUJI
DESERT ROSE
|
|
Drexel
SunDragon Home Page
|
|
|
École
de technologie supérieure
Quebec
|
Eclipse
V (5)
|
Éclipse
Vehicular Solaire
|
École
Polytechnique de Montréal
|
Esteban
|
|
Eko-Auto
Poland
|
Eko-Auto
|
|
Electron
Analytic Corporation
|
Dark
Horse
|
EAC
Skunkworks
|
George
Washington University
|
|
George
Washington Uni Solar Car
|
Georgia
Institute of Technology
|
Solar
Jackets
|
Solar
Jackets
|
Heliodet,
Germany
|
Heliodet
|
Heliodet,
Solar Car Team
|
Helios
- Lille, France
|
Hélios IV
|
Hautes
Etudes d'Ingénieur
|
Honda
Car Company
|
Honda
|
|
Illinois
State University
|
Surya,
Ratha, Mercury
|
Illinois
State University
Team
|
Iowa
State University
|
Fusion
|
Team
PrISUm
|
Jonasun
Japan
|
Orbit
|
Solar
Car Paviion
|
Kansas
State University
|
Paragon
|
Solar
Car Racing Team
|
Los
Altos Academy of Engineering
|
|
Los
Altos Solar Car Team
|
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
|
Tesseract
|
MIT
|
McGill
University
Monteal, Canada
|
iSun
|
Team
iSun
|
McMaster
University
|
Phoenix
|
McMaster
Uni Solar Car Project
|
Messiah
College Grantham,
Penns
|
Genesis
II
|
Genesis
II Solar Racing Team
|
Michigan
State University
|
|
Solar
Racing Team
|
Michigan
Technological University
|
|
Solar
Car Team
|
Minnesota
S Uni-Mankato/Winona S Uni
|
|
Minnesota
Solar
Car Team
|
North
Dakota State University
|
The
Double Deuce
|
Sunsetters
- Solar Race Team
|
Northwestern
University
|
N'Uvation
|
Northwestern
University
|
Nuon
Solar Team, Netherlands
|
Nuon
3
|
Het
Nuon Solar Team
|
Osaka
Sangyo University, Japan
|
OSU
model S
|
Solar
Car Team
|
Prairie
View A&M University
|
Solaris
|
Sun
Panthers
|
Principia
College
|
RA
6
|
Principia
College Solar
Car Team
|
Purdue
University
|
SPOT
2
|
Purdue
University
Solar Racing
|
Queen's
University Canada
|
Radiance
Gemini
|
Queen's
Solar
Vehicle Team
|
Red
River College
|
Red
River Raycer
|
Red
River College
Solar Car Team
|
Rice
University
|
|
Rice
University
|
Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
|
|
Rose-Hulman
Solar Car Team
|
Southern
Illinois Uni Edwardsville
|
Cougar
Cruiser
|
Southern
Illinois University
|
South
Bank University, UK
|
Mad
Dog
|
South
Bank Mad Dog Team
|
South
Dakota School Mines & Tech
|
Solar
Motion
|
South
Dakota Solar Motion Team
|
Southern
Taiwan University Tech
|
|
Southern
Taiwan Solar Team
|
Stanford
University
|
Solstice
|
Stanford
Solar Car Project
|
Tamagawa
University - Japan
|
|
Tamagawa
Solar Challenge Project
|
Team
Futura, Italy
|
FUTURA
2
|
Team
Futura
|
Team
SunLake - Japan
|
Phaethon
model
|
Team
SunLake TOYOBO
|
Texas
A&M University
|
Columbia
Sunraycer
|
Texas
A&M Motorsports Team
|
The
Power of One
- Toronto
|
Xof1
|
The
Xof1 solar car team
|
Tufts
University
|
ANNE
E. B. II
|
Nerd Girls
|
University
of Alberta
|
|
University
of Alberta
Team
|
University
of Arizona
|
Drifter
|
Solar
Racing Team
|
University
of Calgary
|
|
UC
Calgary
Solar Car Team
|
University
of California-Berkeley
|
CalSol
|
California
Calsol Team
|
University
of Kansas
|
Solution,
CATalyst
|
KSU
Solar Car Racing Team
|
University
of Kentucky
|
Gato
del Sol II
|
Solar
Car Team
|
University
of Massachusetts
|
Spirit
of Mass 413
|
Lowell Solar Racing Team
|
University
of Michigan
|
Momentum
|
University
of Michigan
|
University
of Minnesota
|
Borealis
III
|
U
of M Solar
Vehicle Project
|
University
of Missouri
- Columbia
|
Suntiger
VI
|
The
Mizzou Solar Car Project
|
University
of Missouri -
Rolla
|
Solar
Miner V
|
Solar
Minor Car Team
|
University
of North Dakota
|
Subzero
3
|
Team
SubZero
|
University
of Ontario Institute of Tech
|
|
UOI
Solar Vehicle Team
|
Uni
of New South Wales SCR Team
|
UNSW
Sunswift III
|
New
South Wales SCR Team
|
University
of Patras, Hermes
|
|
Solar
Car Team
|
University
of Pennsylvania
|
Keystone
|
Penn
Solar Racing
|
University
of Queensland
|
Sunshark
|
Queensland
Solar Team
|
University
of South Australia
|
Ned
KELLY
|
SA
Solar Car Consortium
|
University
of Texas at Austin
|
Solar
Steer
|
Solar
Vehicles Team
|
University
of Texas at El Paso
|
|
Solraycers
|
University
of Toronto
|
Blue
Sky
|
Blue
Sky Solar Racing
|
University
of Toulouse
|
Heliotrope
|
Heliotrope
Solar Car Team
|
University
of Utah
|
|
Vehicle
Design Team
Utah
|
University
of Virginia
|
|
UVa
Solar Car Team
|
University
of Waterloo
|
Midnight
Sun VIII
|
Midnight
Sun Solar Race Team
|
University
of Western Ontario
|
Sunstang
|
Sunstang
USP
Solar Car Team
|
USP
Solar Car Team
|
|
USP
Solar Car Team
|
Western
Michigan University
|
Sunseeker
05
|
W
Michigan Solar Car Team
|
Yale
University
|
The
John Lee
|
Team Lux
|
|