Picture: Bridgestone World Photo voltaic Problem, Sarah Reed
The Innoptus Photo voltaic Group has gained the Bridgestone World Photo voltaic Problem, a 3,000 km photo voltaic automobile race in Australia. The workforce’s narrow-body automobile recorded a median pace of 88.2 km/h and was an entry within the “Challenger Class.”
The Innoptus Photo voltaic Group, a nonprofit undertaking led by college students from the College of Leuven, crossed the end line in Adelaide, South Australia, with a time of 34 hours, 4 minutes, and 41 seconds. That is 48 minutes sooner than the workforce’s 2019 successful time, in line with the race organizers.
The Belgian entry led the pack virtually the complete means from Darwin and completed forward of Group Twente from the Netherlands. The Dutch workforce recorded a time of 34 hours, 24 minutes, 58 seconds, with a median pace of 87.4 km/h. In third place was one other Dutch student-led workforce, the Brunel Photo voltaic Group, with a median pace of 82.7 km/h.
The College of Michigan Photo voltaic Group got here in at fourth place with a median pace of 79.3 km/h, adopted by Japan’s Tokai College Photo voltaic Automotive Group which recorded a pace common of 74.6 km/h. The College of Leuven’s High Dutch Photo voltaic Racing workforce was awarded sixth place with a median pace of 72.9 km/h.
The Belgian workforce additionally gained the race final yr underneath the Agoria banner.
College of Michigan Photo voltaic Group
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