25Oct/096
The race is on!
After a long night of awesome Belgian techno and rebuilding the entire array with Sasha, we finally have a solar powered solarcar.
This is good.
All the teams met up in a square in Darwin, conveniently located about four meters from our hostel, for the start of the race. All the cars had come together really well, although Cambridge were frantically seating a tire. It was pretty cool to see all the solarcars together.
We're now cruising down Stuart Highway at around 40mph, half way between Darwin and Katherine. We're behind a couple teams, and our array isn't generating as much power as it should, but in general things are going pretty well. More updates soon!

October 26th, 2009 - 02:12
Umicore is out of the race. Gust of wind blew the car into a tree and destroyed the car entirely. Is the driver OK?
October 26th, 2009 - 12:35
Yes, the driver is fine. It’s a real shame though because they were in the running to win.
October 26th, 2009 - 19:13
I’ve got a slideshow of the flag-off in Darwin on 25 Oct 2009. Pls visit:
http://m.naim.my/global-green-challenge-2009-slideshow-of-darwin-flag-off/
THANKS!
October 27th, 2009 - 04:06
Saw the slideshow. Nice job!
October 28th, 2009 - 13:16
Thanks, Grandma. I’ve added more pics, spruced up the slideshow with better quality pics and control. Pls revisit.
http://m.naim.my/global-green-challenge-2009-slideshow-of-darwin-flag-off/
October 28th, 2009 - 16:56
SolarCar Race Darwin-Adelaide 2009: Japan’s Tokai Challenger has won. Arrived Adelaide checkpt 2.39pm local time today, covered 2998km, http://tr.im/Dbeh