{"id":10513,"date":"2015-11-02T23:57:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T06:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=10513"},"modified":"2015-12-13T22:19:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:19:50","slug":"traversing-australia-on-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/traversing-australia-on-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Traversing Australia on Sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia supplies 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) of smooth road and abundant sunshine every year for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge\u00a0that bisects the country north to south.\u00a0 Growing in numbers annually, this year\u2019s five-day race drew 47 teams from 25 countries, with two teams from the Netherlands<\/a>,\u00a0 one from the University of Michigan in the United States and one from Tokai University in Japan trading the lead almost daily and battling it out for the first four places in the Challenger Class with daily consistency.<\/p>\n

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Solar Team Twente, a very close second-place finisher<\/p><\/div>\n

University of Delft students had their second win in two years, while rivals from the University of Twente (the Netherlands) achieved a very strong second place overall.\u00a0 The University of Michigan\u2019s team was a consistent third-place contender, only to be bested at the end by Tokai\u2019s final sprint.\u00a0 Even at 3,000 kilometers, Nuon and Solar Team Twente were just over two and a half minutes apart.\u00a0 Delft\u2019s car traveled the 3002 kilometers in 37 hours, 56 minutes and 12 seconds, an average of 91.75 kilometers per hour (56.885 mph).<\/p>\n

Teams included a goodly contingent of people beside the drivers.\u00a0 Rules require at least the following:<\/p>\n