World Solar Challenge 2001

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.[1][2][3]

Results

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Rank Car No Team Car Name Class Country Date In Time In Distance (km) Total Time (HH:MM) Avg Speed (km/h)
1 3 Nuna Nuna Development Netherlands Nov 21 17:09 2997.8 32:39 91.81
2 101 Aurora Vehicle Association Aurora Development Australia Nov 22 08:43 2997.8 33:13 90.26
3 2 University of Michigan M-Pulse Development United States Nov 22 09:49 2997.8 34:19 87.37
4 142 University of Missouri-Rolla SolarMiner III Development United States Nov 22 13:14 2997.8 37:44 79.45
5 100 Queens University Mirage Production Canada Nov 22 13:43 2997.8 38:13 78.45
6 77 University of Tamagawa(Team A) White Dolphin Production Japan Nov 22 14:53 2997.8 39:23 76.12
7 10 Lake Tuggeranong College Spirit of Canberra Production Australia Nov 22 16:07 2997.8 40:37 73.81
8 15 Northern Territory University Desert Rose Development Australia Nov 22 16:22 2997.8 40:52 73.36
9 33 Kanazawa Institute of Technology KIT Golden Eagle Development Japan Nov 22 17:03 2997.8 41:33 72.14
10*** 4 Solar Motion SoMo Development United States Nov 23 09:07 2997.8 42:37 70.35
11 52 University of New South Wales Sunswift II Development Australia Nov 23 10:01 2997.8 43:31 68.89
12 88 University of Tamagawa(Team B) Dolphin Production Japan Nov 23 10:32 2997.8 44:02 68.08
13 11 Tokai University Tokai Spirit 2001 Production Japan Nov 23 10:51 2997.8 44:21 67.59
14 12 University of Toronto Blue Sky Faust Development Canada Nov 23 10:56 2997.8 44:26 67.47
15 24 University of Waterloo Midnight Sun VI Development Canada Nov 23 10:57 2997.8 44:27 67.45
16 41 South Bank University Mad Dog 3 Production UK Nov 23 13:28 2997.8 46:58 63.83
17 55 Ashiya University Sky-Ace Tiga Production Japan Nov 23 14:49 2997.8 48:19 62.05
18 5 AGU Solar Car Project AGU Aglaia Stock Japan Nov 23 14:52 2997.8 48:22 61.98
19 67 Tokyo Salesian Polytechnic Ikuei Neo II Production Japan Nov 23 14:58 2997.8 48:28 61.86
20 59 Helios Helios 2-001 Development France Nov 24 09:18 2997.8 51:48 61.26
21 26 South Australia Solar Car Consortium Ned Stock Australia Nov 24 10:13 2997.8 52:23 57.23
22 17 Solehada Solelhada Stock France Nov 24 10:43 2997.8 53:13 56.33
23 51 Mannum Highschool Christine Production Australia Nov 26 16:17 2997.8 89:17 34.94
24 2001 Team of Kirenjaku Kirenjaku Mini Production Japan Nov 27 13:27 2531.6
25 6 Sungroper Solar Car Association Sungroper Stock Australia Nov 26 17:03 2301.5
26 13 Kormilda College Towards Tomorrow Stock Australia Nov 26 11:34 2257.3
27 4740 Team Ornithorhychus Ornithorhychus Stock Australia Nov 26 12:35 2063.8
28 50 Burdekin Highschool Spirit of Burdekin Stock Australia Nov 26 12:48 2008.6
29 62 South Australia Solar Car Consortium Kelly Production Australia Nov 23 15:31 1819.7
30 7 Vehicle Solaire Neo-Caledonien Defi Solaire Production New Caledonia Nov 25 12:35 1531.0
75 Hutt Valley High School Hutt Valley Stock New Zealand
Withdrawn
21 HelioDet Heliodet 5 Stock Germany
Withdrawn
42 Southern Cross College Southern Exposure Stock Australia
Withdrawn
Greenfleet Honda Insight Demonstration Australia 2997.8
2500 Biel Spirit of Biel Demonstration Switzerland 2997.9
53 Honda Australia Insight Demonstration Australia 2997.9
18 Annesley College EOS Spirit of Unley Demonstration Australia 2997.9
***Solar Motion was originally recorded arriving in 4th place at 12:07 on Nov 22, but was later penalized

References

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  1. ^ WSC history page Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ WSC 2001 results via archive.org
  3. ^ WSC 2001 teams list


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