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World
Solar Challenge 2005
From September 25 through 30,
some 20 cars were set to compete in a very special race: the 8th World
Solar Challenge in Australia. The racing machines do not burn any gas –
their motors are powered by the sun. High-tech solar cells convert
sunlight into useable energy. Participants in the race hailed from eleven
countries, among them the solar racecar "HansGo!" from the
Electrical Engineering and Information Science Department at the
University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany.
Students and professors at the university have together been tweaking the
car for months in order to achieve optimal handling with as little wind
resistance as possible when traversing the entire continent, from Darwin
in the North to Adelaide in the South.
The high-tech speedster can reach a top speed of 105 km/hour. The
technical equipment of "Hans Go!", who finished 8th in this year´s
contest, is based on the same photovoltaic technology used to produce
environmentally friendly energy from roof installations found atop
thousands of homes and buildings. For this reason, companies like
SunTechnics are supporting the project financially as well.
"With the sponsoring commitment we aim to contribute to making the
latest research developments useful in daily life with practical
applications – 'HansGo!' shows just how varied the possible applications
are", said Daniel Priem, CEO of SunTechnics Solar Technology Pty Ltd.
The
leading German team, Hans Go, from Bochum University had their car on the
track running on motorcycle tires, but was concerned over the energy usage
the car needed to sustain speed. Hans Go is a very friendly team and we
were pleased to see them again after competing with them in the Phaethon
2004 event held last May in Greece.
FH
Bochum/London South Bank University - Germany
May
24 2004
Today
was a great day of racing - Principia is currently in 3rd place! Here are
the top 7 teams (out of 14) after 1 day of racing:
1) Ashiya University
2) Osaka Sangyo University (OSU)
3) Principia College
4) Nuon Solar Team
5) Team Lux - Yale Solar Racing
6) Team Aurora
7) FH Bochum / London SBU (Team Hans Go)
Tonight,
the team is being treated to BBQ by team Hans Go. Many of you will
remember Hans Go as the German team that placed 5th, just ahead of
Principia College, in the 2003 World Solar Challenge.
ABOUT
BOCHUM
Bochum
is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany. It is located in the
Ruhr-Area between the cities of Essen and Dortmund. Bochum provides many
opportunities. The city is actually much greener than one would think.
Part of the city centre is a designated leisure area. Bochum is a model
for the structural change of the whole Ruhr industrial region.
Although Bochum was founded in the 14th century, the town was
insignificant until the 19th century, when coal mining and steel industry
emerged in the Ruhr area, leading to the growth of the entire region. The
population of Bochum increased tenfold between 1850 and 1890. Between 1960
and 1973, all the mines were closed. Other industries, such as car
manufacturing, compensated for the loss of jobs. Two castles from the
"Middle Ages"have survived on the northern banks of the Ruhr
river.
More
famous are the German Mining Museum, and the nostalgic Train Museum in the
borough of Dahlhausen. In 1965 the Ruhr University was founded (the first
university to be founded in post-war Federal Republic of Germany). Of
course, vital and vitalizing features of the town are the students of the
Ruhr-University (RUB), the largest in Ruhr-Area and a thriving pub culture
of the "Bermuda triangle" the night-life district in the city
centre.
More information about Bochum city can be found at
http://www.bochum.de/english/
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ORGANISATION
A-Z
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CAR'S
NAME
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TEAM
NAME
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Aristotle
Uni of Thessaloniki, Helios
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Helios
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Faculty
of Engineering
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Arizona
Solar Racing Team - USA |
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Arizona
Solar Racing Team |
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Auburn
University |
Sol
of Auburn |
Sol
of Auburn |
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Aurora
Team, Australia |
Aurora |
Aurora
Vehicle Association |
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Bochum
Solar Car Team |
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Das
SolarCar der Fachhochschule |
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California
Poly S University |
SLO
Burn Sidewinder |
San
Luis Obispo |
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Clarkson
Uni Solar Car Team, USA |
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The
Solar Knights |
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Delft
University - Holland |
NUNA
I & II
2003
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Dell
Winston School |
The
Hunter |
Solar
Car Challenge |
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Desert
Rose, Northern Territory Uni |
FUJI
DESERT ROSE |
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Drexel
SunDragon Home Page |
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École
de technologie supérieure Quebec |
Eclipse
V (5) |
Éclipse
Vehicular Solaire |
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École
Polytechnique de Montréal
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Esteban
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Eko-Auto
Poland |
Eko-Auto |
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Electron
Analytic Corporation
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Dark
Horse
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EAC
Skunkworks
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George
Washington University |
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George
Washington Uni Solar Car |
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Georgia
Institute of Technology |
Solar
Jackets |
Solar
Jackets |
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Heliodet,
Germany |
Heliodet |
Heliodet,
Solar Car Team |
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Helios
- Lille, France |
Hélios IV |
Hautes
Etudes d'Ingénieur |
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Honda
Car Company |
Honda |
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Illinois
State University
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Surya,
Ratha, Mercury
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Illinois
State University
Team
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Iowa
State University
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Fusion
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Team
PrISUm
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Jonasun
Japan |
Orbit |
Solar
Car Paviion |
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Kansas
State University
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Paragon
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Solar
Car Racing Team
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Los
Altos Academy of Engineering |
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Los
Altos Solar Car Team |
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Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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Tesseract
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MIT
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McGill
University
Monteal, Canada
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iSun
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Team
iSun
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McMaster
University
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Phoenix
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McMaster
Uni
Solar Car Project
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Messiah
College
Grantham, Penns |
Genesis
II |
Genesis
II Solar Racing Team |
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Michigan
State University
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Solar
Racing Team
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Michigan
Technological University |
|
Solar
Car Team |
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Minnesota
S Uni-Mankato/Winona S Uni |
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Minnesota
Solar
Car Team |
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North
Dakota State University
|
The
Double Deuce
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Sunsetters
- Solar Race Team
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Northwestern
University
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N'Uvation
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Northwestern
University
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Nuon
Solar Team, Netherlands |
Nuon
3 |
Het
Nuon Solar Team |
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Osaka
Sangyo University, Japan |
OSU
model S |
Solar
Car Team |
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Prairie
View A&M University
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Solaris
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Sun
Panthers
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Principia
College
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RA
6
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Principia
College
Solar Car Team
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Purdue
University
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SPOT
2
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Purdue
University
Solar Racing
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Queen's
University Canada
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Radiance
Gemini
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Queen's
Solar Vehicle Team
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Red
River College
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Red
River Raycer
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Red
River College Solar
Car Team
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Rice
University |
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Rice
University |
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Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
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Rose-Hulman
Solar Car Team |
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Southern
Illinois Uni Edwardsville
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Cougar
Cruiser
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Southern
Illinois University
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South
Bank University, UK |
Mad
Dog |
South
Bank Mad Dog Team |
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South
Dakota School Mines & Tech |
Solar
Motion |
South
Dakota Solar Motion Team |
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Southern
Taiwan University Tech |
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Southern
Taiwan Solar Team |
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Stanford
University
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Solstice
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Stanford
Solar Car Project
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Tamagawa
University - Japan |
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Tamagawa
Solar Challenge Project |
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Team
Futura, Italy |
FUTURA
2 |
Team
Futura |
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Team
SunLake - Japan |
Phaethon
model |
Team
SunLake TOYOBO |
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Texas
A&M University
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Columbia
Sunraycer
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Texas
A&M
Motorsports Team
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The
Power of One
- Toronto |
Xof1 |
The
Xof1 solar car team |
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Tufts
University
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ANNE
E. B. II
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Nerd
Girls
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University
of Alberta |
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University
of Alberta Team |
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University
of Arizona
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Drifter
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Solar
Racing Team
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University
of Calgary
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UC
Calgary
Solar Car Team
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University
of California-Berkeley |
CalSol |
California
Calsol Team |
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University
of Kansas |
Solution,
CATalyst |
KSU
Solar Car Racing Team |
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University
of Kentucky
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Gato
del Sol II
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Solar
Car Team
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University
of Massachusetts |
Spirit
of Mass 413 |
Lowell
Solar Racing Team |
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University
of Michigan
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Momentum
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University
of Michigan
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University
of Minnesota
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Borealis
III
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U
of M Solar Vehicle Project
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University
of Missouri
- Columbia
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Suntiger
VI
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The
Mizzou Solar Car Project
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University
of Missouri -
Rolla
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Solar
Miner V
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Solar
Minor Car Team
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University
of North Dakota |
Subzero
3 |
Team
SubZero |
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University
of Ontario Institute of Tech |
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UOI
Solar Vehicle Team |
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Uni
of New South Wales SCR Team |
UNSW
Sunswift III |
New
South Wales SCR Team |
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University
of Patras, Hermes |
|
Solar
Car Team |
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University
of Pennsylvania
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Keystone
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Penn
Solar Racing
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University
of Queensland |
Sunshark |
Queensland
Solar Team |
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University
of South Australia |
Ned
KELLY |
SA
Solar Car Consortium |
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University
of Texas at Austin
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Solar
Steer
|
Solar
Vehicles Team
|
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University
of Texas at El Paso
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Solraycers
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University
of Toronto
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Blue
Sky
|
Blue
Sky Solar Racing
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University
of Toulouse |
Heliotrope |
Heliotrope
Solar Car Team |
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University
of Utah
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Vehicle
Design Team
Utah
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University
of Virginia
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UVa
Solar Car Team
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University
of Waterloo
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Midnight
Sun VIII
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Midnight
Sun Solar Race Team
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University
of Western Ontario
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Sunstang
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Sunstang
USP
Solar Car Team
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USP
Solar Car Team |
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USP
Solar Car Team |
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Western
Michigan University
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Sunseeker
05
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W
Michigan Solar Car Team
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Yale
University
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The
John Lee
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Team
Lux
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SOLAR CAR EVENTS
American
Solar Challenge American
Tour de Sol
American
World Solar Challenge - Formula Sun
Australian
World Solar Challenge
Canadian
Solar Discovery Challenge
Dream
Cup Solar Car Race Suzuka 2003 - Japan
Japanese
World Solar Car Rallye
North
American Solar Challenge
Phaethon
2004
Solar
Express - Solar Bike Race
Sunrayce
SunRace
2003 - Australia
World
Solar Car Rally - Japan
World Solar Rallye
- Japan
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