List of solar car teams
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This is a list of solar car racing teams.
Australia
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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1995 | 2 | ACTEW Spirit of Canberra no longer active |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1996 | 1 | no longer active | URL | |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 | |
TAFE South Australia Solar Vehicle Team (TAFE South Australia) |
2000 to 2020 | 3 | Kelly, SolarSpirit, SAV (no longer active) |
42 |
Belgium
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Agoria Solar Team (KU Leuven) |
2004 | 9 | BluePoint | 8 | URL |
Brazil
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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USP Solar (University of São Paulo) |
1997 | 1 | The Banana Enterprise | 88 | URL |
Canada
[edit]Chile
[edit]Team name(Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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EAFIT-EPM Solar Car Team (EAFIT University) |
2012 | 2 | Primavera | 05 | URL |
Denmark
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Solvogn Danmark (Sønderborg Teknikum ) |
1986 | 3 | TheThird (1996) | 23 | URL |
France
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Helios | 1992 | 4 | Helios IV | 4 | URL |
Germany
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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 | 4[1] | Covestro Adelie[1] | 7[2] | URL |
Greece
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Website |
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University of Patras | 2005 | 1 | HERMES II (Unfinished) |
India
[edit]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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Onda solare (University of Bologna) |
2003 | 4 | Emilia 4 | 9 | URL |
Futuro Solare (Futuro Solare Association) |
2006 | 2 | Archimede1.1 | 7 | URL |
Jordan
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Philadelphia University | 2013 | 1 | Ben Ben | 1 | URL |
Japan
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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ITS Solar Car Racing Team (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya) |
1985 | 4 | Sapu Angin Surya | 32 | URL |
Malaysia
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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 Vita | 40 | URL |
Top Dutch Solar Racing | 2017 | 2 | Green Spirit | 6 | URL |
Pakistan
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | 67 | pakistani 12 | Car # | Website |
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Solar Samba (NED University, Karachi) |
1987 | 1 |
Poland
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGH Eko-Energia (AGH University of Science and Technology) |
2022 | 0 | Perła | 1 | URL |
Lodz Solar Team (Lodz University of Technology) |
2014 | 2 | Eagle 2 | 45 | URL |
PUT Solar Dynamics (Poznań University of Technology) |
2018 | 1 | Klara | 777 | URL |
Puerto Rico
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Solar Engineering Research Racing Team (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez) |
1989 | 4 | El Wanabi | 787 | URL |
Saudi Arabia
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seraaj Team (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals) |
2011 | 2 | Wahj1 & Wahj2 | 63 | URL |
South Africa
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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 | 5 | Naledi 2.0 | 23 | URL |
UKZN Solar Team (University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
2012 | 2 | iKlwa | 31 | URL |
TUT Solar Car Team (Tshwane University of Technology) |
2012 | 4 | Sunchaser 4 | 4 | URL |
Sonke (St. Alban's College and St. Augustine's LEAP School) |
2018 | 1 | Siyakude | 24 | URL |
CUT Solar Racing Team (Central University of Technology) |
2018 | 2 | Seilatsatsi | 22 | URL |
Genuine JV (HTS John Vorster) |
2022 | 1 | Voltwagen | 60 | URL |
Team UFS (University of the Free State) |
2022 | 1 | Lengau | 99 | URL |
Sweden
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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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) |
2017 | 2 | Viking | 22 | URL |
Switzerland
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
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Spirit of Biel (Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bienne) |
1987 | 4 | |||
Heliox Solar Team (Dominic de Vries) |
2007 | 1 | [2] | ||
SWISSPIRIT[3] | 2009 | 1 | SWISSPIRIT | 71 | URL |
Turkey
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website | |
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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 (Atılım University) |
2003 | 2 | HASAT, MELIH TURGUT | URL | ||
OSCAR Solar Car Team (Eskişehir Osmangazi University) |
2009 | 2 | OSCAR/9 | 009 | ||
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 | |
Boğaziçi University Solar Car Team (Boğaziçi 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 Eylül University) |
2003 | 12 | S11 | 81 | URL | |
Yenerji (Middle East Technical University) |
2006 | 1 | Myst | |||
YTU Ae2 Project (Yıldız Technical University) |
2010 | 2 | Ae2 Solar | 418 (SEM) | URL | |
YTU AESK (Yıldız 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
[edit]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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Durham University Solar Car (Durham University) |
2002 | 4 | DUSC2023 | 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
[edit]Team name (Affiliation) |
Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website | |
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App State Solar Vehicle Team | 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 | 3 | Endurance[4] | 49 | URL | |
Hypernova Solar (George Mason University) |
2018 | 1 | Orion | 77 | URL | |
Illini Solar Car (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign) |
2014 | 3 | Calypso | 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 | 15 | Nimbus | 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 | |||
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 (Ohio State University) |
1993[5] | 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 | 11 | Ra XI | 32 | URL | |
Project SARA (Project SARA) |
2007 | 1 | SARA I | 1 | URL | |
PrISUm (Iowa State University) |
1989 | 14 | Eliana | 9 | URL | |
Purdue Solar Racing (Purdue University) |
1991 | 10 | Lux | 1 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 9 | Aethon | 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 Racing Team (Texas A&M University) |
1993 | 5 | 12 | |||
Triton Solar Car (University of California, San Diego) |
2015 | URL | ||||
West Point (United States Military Academy) |
1995 | 1 | Onondaga | 27 | URL | |
University of Florida Solar Gators (University of Florida) |
2014 | 3 | Sunrider | 5 | URL | |
University of Kentucky Solar Car Team (University of Kentucky) |
1999 | 6 | Gato del Sol VI | 3 | URL | |
University of Michigan Solar Car Team (University of Michigan) |
1989 | 17 | Astrum | 2 | URL | |
University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project (University of Minnesota) |
1990 | 14 | Freya | 35 | URL | |
University of Texas Solar Vehicle Team (University of Texas at Austin) |
1988 | 9 | Lonestar | 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 | |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Solar Racing (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
2021 | 1 | Helios | 608 | URL | |
Viking XX Team (Western Washington University) |
1990 | 1 | 20 | URL | ||
Winston Solar Car Team (The Winston School) |
1990 | 9 | The Hunter | URL |
Venezuela
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Covestro Adelie solar car makes debut in Leverkusen". www.compositesworld.com. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Team Sonnenwagen Aachen | World Solar Challenge 2023". worldsolarchallenge.org. Archived from the original on 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ (Schools of Switzerland : HSB Biel/Bienne, IMT Neuchâtel EPFL, HEIG Yverdon-les-Bains, EIF Fribourg, EIG Genève, HE-ARC Le Locle, CPLN Neuchâtel)
- ^ "SR-2: Odyssey (2018) – GTSR". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ 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