{"id":53890,"date":"2021-09-13T06:23:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T19:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=53890"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T01:39:26","slug":"stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Vita: Solar Powered “Self-Sustaining House On Wheels”\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stella<\/p>\n

The Netherlands’ Eindhoven University of Technology’s Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.<\/p>\n

The team knows a bit about building super-efficient solar cars through their experience and success associated with the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, which is held in Australia. In 20191<\/a><\/sup>, the team claimed a fourth consecutive Cruiser Cup in its fourth-generation solar electric car, Stella Era.<\/p>\n

\"Stella

Stella evolution – Lux, VIE and Era<\/p><\/div>\n

The Cruiser Class was established in 2013 to encourage the development of more practical solar powered cars. To win the Cruiser Cup, solar cars must complete the journey from Darwin to Adelaide (3 x 1,200 km stages without recharging) within specified timeframes and using as little energy as possible. Additionally, all are judged on the practicality and market potential of each car.<\/p>\n

Introducing Stella Vita<\/h2>\n

The Stella concept has continued to evolve with the team’s newest vehicle, Stella Vita. It’s much more than just a way of getting from A to B – it’s an RV of sorts.<\/p>\n

\"Stella<\/p>\n

There’s not a huge amount of information on specifications available yet, but here’s what I was able to glean.<\/p>\n

When stationary, the roof can be lifted to enable occupants to stand upright inside. In this position the roof can also expand, doubling the solar panel surface area to 17.5 square metres – powering the appliances inside, providing an extra boost for charging the 60-kWh Li-ion battery bank and providing some extra shade as a bonus.<\/p>\n

\"Stella<\/p>\n

According to Solar Team Eindhoven<\/a>, Stella Vita can travel up to 730 kilometres in ideal conditions. Given its lightweight and other design elements, a fully charged battery can provide up to 600 kilometres of range without any solar power input – so the vehicle is not limited to short drives during the night. It’s assumed there’s also the option of using a charge station along the way if required.<\/p>\n

While the team refers to it as a Self-sustaining “House On Wheels”\u00a0(SHOW), it’s a little more modest than that. Inside Stella Vita is a kitchenette, a table, bench seating incorporating storage, various cabinets and shelves along with an area for sleeping. There’s mention of a shower (where that is I have no idea – could be external), but no reference to a toilet. Even if you could somehow fit one in, you may not want a toilet in what is a pretty small space.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/p>\n

With a top speed of 120 kmh, Stella Vita is road-legal and will next month embark on a journey from Eindhoven to the southernmost tip of Spain – a 3,000 kilometre trip that the team aims to be powered purely by solar energy.\u00a0There doesn’t look to be much in the way of clearance on the vehicle, so here’s hoping for good roads free of debris.<\/p>\n

Stella’s Commercial Cousin<\/h2>\n

What will be the commercial version of the Stella family of vehicles currently being developed is Lightyear One (a sedan, not an RV). In June this year, the Lightyear One team reported driving 710 kilometres on a single battery charge (60 kWh battery) at a speed of 85 km\/hr. The first Lightyear One solar electric vehicles are to go into production in the first half of next year.<\/p>\n

While on the topic of solar powered cars, Sono Motors announced early this month<\/a> there have been more than 14,000 pre-orders for its Sion solar assisted electric vehicle<\/a>.\u00a0 Commercial production is expected to kick off in the first half of 2023. The company says the 248 solar cells\u00a0 integrated into the body of the Sion can add 112 km of driving range to the car’s battery each week, on average, with caveats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Netherlands’ Eindhoven University of Technology’s Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":53892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStella Vita: Solar Powered "Self-Sustaining House On Wheels"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stella Vita: Solar Powered "Self-Sustaining House On Wheels"\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-12T19:53:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-06T01:39:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Stella Vita: Solar Powered “Self-Sustaining House On Wheels”\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-12T19:53:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-06T01:39:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\"},\"wordCount\":657,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar & Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\",\"name\":\"Stella Vita: Solar Powered \\\"Self-Sustaining House On Wheels\\\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-12T19:53:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-06T01:39:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Stella Vita - solar powered RV\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar & Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stella Vita: Solar Powered “Self-Sustaining House On Wheels”\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stella Vita: Solar Powered \"Self-Sustaining House On Wheels\"","description":"Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stella Vita: Solar Powered \"Self-Sustaining House On Wheels\"\u00a0","og_description":"Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2021-09-12T19:53:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-06T01:39:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"Stella Vita: Solar Powered “Self-Sustaining House On Wheels”\u00a0","datePublished":"2021-09-12T19:53:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-06T01:39:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/"},"wordCount":657,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar & Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/","name":"Stella Vita: Solar Powered \"Self-Sustaining House On Wheels\"","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-12T19:53:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-06T01:39:26+00:00","description":"Netherlands' Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team Eindhoven has the taken the wraps off its latest solar powered electric vehicle.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Stella Vita - solar powered RV"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stella-vita-solar-car-mb2152\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar & Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stella Vita: Solar Powered “Self-Sustaining House On Wheels”\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stella-solar-rv.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-e1c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59894,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/world-solar-challenge-2023-mb2393\/","url_meta":{"origin":53890,"position":0},"title":"16th World Solar Challenge Dates Set","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The dates for the world's most prestigious solar car race across the dusty heart of Australia are locked in for 2023. The biennial Bridgestone World Solar Challenge has run for more than 30 years and sees teams from all over the world push the limits of technological innovation in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"16th Bridgestone World Solar Challenge","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/world-solar-challenge.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/world-solar-challenge.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/world-solar-challenge.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/world-solar-challenge.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/world-solar-challenge.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26430,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunswift-solar-violet-record-mb0856\/","url_meta":{"origin":53890,"position":1},"title":"Sunswift Team And Solar Car Violet Set Guinness World Record","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sunswift's Violet solar car","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sunswift-solar-record.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sunswift-solar-record.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sunswift-solar-record.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sunswift-solar-record.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5935,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-university-solar-racer-taken-spin\/","url_meta":{"origin":53890,"position":2},"title":"Adelaide University Solar Racer Taken For A Spin","author":"Ronald Brakels","date":"May 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today the Solar Racing Team of the University of Adelaide gave Finn and I the opportunity to take Lumen, their solar racer, for a spin. And I was there to take Finn's\u00a0picture as he nailed it and completely managed not to hit or destroy anything at all. Well done, Finn!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Solar Innovations"","block_context":{"text":"Solar Innovations","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-innovations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Finn Peakcock sitting in the cockpit of the Adelaide University's Solar Racing Team's Car, Lumen, about to take it for a drive.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/go-finn-racer-go-finn-racer-go-finn-racer-gooooooooooo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/go-finn-racer-go-finn-racer-go-finn-racer-gooooooooooo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/go-finn-racer-go-finn-racer-go-finn-racer-gooooooooooo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15575,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunswift-violet-solar-car-mb0233\/","url_meta":{"origin":53890,"position":3},"title":"World Solar Challenge – Sunswift’s Violet","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Engineering students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed another solar powered sedan, which will be competing in this year's World Solar Challenge. The UNSW Solar Racing Team (Sunswift) recently unveiled Violet, its sixth-generation solar car. The four-seater has a top speed of 130 km\/h and a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sunswift's Violet Solar Car","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sunswift-violet-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sunswift-violet-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sunswift-violet-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sunswift-violet-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14943,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/world-solar-challenge-mb0202\/","url_meta":{"origin":53890,"position":4},"title":"Flinders Uni Unveils World Solar Challenge Entry","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Flinders University\u2019s first solar car entry in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Investigator III, was unveiled yesterday - and the pressure is on to have the vehicle ready for next month's race. Flinders Automotive Solar Team's (FAST's) electric vehicle will be entered in the Challenger class, which is for solar\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Investigator III solar car","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/flinders-university-solar-car.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/flinders-university-solar-car.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/flinders-university-solar-car.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/flinders-university-solar-car.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23736,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/flinders-solar-carpark-mb0719\/","url_meta":{"origin":53890,"position":5},"title":"Panels Installed For Flinders University Solar Car Park","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"4,136 panels have been installed over a car park at Flinders University's Bedford Park campus in South Australia. Originally to have consisted of around 3,800 panels, the new 1.8MW solar power installation at car park 3 will generate equivalent to 19.3% of the electricity needs of Flinders' main campus. While\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flinders University solar car park","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/flinders-solar-car-park.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/flinders-solar-car-park.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/flinders-solar-car-park.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/flinders-solar-car-park.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53890"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85775,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53890\/revisions\/85775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}