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Image: Sunswift team and their solar car – Violet | UNSW<\/p><\/div>\n

The UNSW Sunswift solar car team last week set a new Guinness World Record for the lowest energy consumption driving trans-Australia with an electric car.<\/p>\n

The student team completed the 4,100km journey between Perth and Sydney two days ahead of schedule and averaged energy consumption of 3.25kWh per 100 kilometres, well under the 5.5kWh\/100km needed to set the record.<\/p>\n

The Sunswift team was aiming for the energy cost to be less than that of a single tank of fuel. The total costs for the trip turned out to be $50.<\/p>\n

Traveling an average of 600 kilometres each day,\u00a0the trip was without incident – but it seems Violet is a bit of a handful to control.<\/p>\n

“Violet is lively on the road a lot, it\u2019s not a production car and you have to kind of handle it like a horse in order to manage it on public roads. But we did it,” said Sunswift team member Hayden Smith.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

About Violet<\/h2>\n

Violet is the sixth solar car designed and manufactured by the Sunswift team and its first four-seat, family-oriented vehicle.<\/p>\n

Violet has a length of 5.0 metres, width of 2.2 metres and stands 1.2 metres high. The vehicle weighs just 360 kilograms, thanks in part to its lightweight chassis of carbon fiber monocoque with foam and an aramid honeycomb core.<\/p>\n

The car’s solar array consists 318 SunPower<\/a> monocrystalline silicon cells with a conversion efficiency of approximately 22%. These charge a 10-20 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery bank that power twin rear wheel in-hub, brushless DC synchronous motors. Violet has a top speed of 140 km\/h.<\/p>\n

Violet also features\u00a0 front and rear boot space, reversing camera, parking sensors, an interactive display screen with GPS, plus other creature comforts such as air-conditioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese students have pushed the boundaries of modern engineering and proven that solar powered cars are likely to be a big part of Australia\u2019s motoring future,” said UNSW Dean of Engineering Professor Mark Hoffman, who met the team at the finish line in Sydney.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gearing Up For Next World Solar Challenge<\/h2>\n

The team will be busy in the new year preparing for the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, which covers 3,000km from Darwin to Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Sunswift will be hoping for a better result than the last time it participated in 2017<\/a>, when rear suspension failure forced the team to drop out of the race. However, Violet still achieved a very respectable third place in Practicality judging of the Cruiser Class of the Challenge.<\/p>\n

The Cruiser Class is for efficient, practical solar cars with two or more seats.<\/p>\n

“Cruiser Class teams aim to change the way we think about what we drive and what fuels we use,” states<\/a> the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge web site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next year’s Challenge will be held October 13 – 20.<\/p>\n

The Sunswift Solar Car project has been running at UNSW for 23 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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