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Event Report. Brain Sport: The 1996 World Solar Challenge Solar Car Race Across Australia

✍ Scribed by Martin A. Green

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 281 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 1062-7995
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-159x(199701/02)5:1<69::aid-pip157>3.0.co;2-n

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✦ Synopsis

In November 1996, a ®eld of 46 solar cars left Darwin bound for Adelaide, some 3000 km to the south. The ®rst car to complete the course, the Honda Dream, set a new race record, maintaining an average speed of 89.9 km per hour (56 mph) over the 4 days. This report describes the highlights of the race and discusses the solar cell and array technology used by the leading cars.

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