Shape of things to comeCambridge U team intends to win the 2011 World Solar Challenge
The World Solar Challenge, the “Formula One” of eco-friendly motorsport, consists of a 3,000 kilometer race across the Australian outback from Darwin to Adelaide; it will be held 16-23 October 2011; the University of Cambridge team believes it has a real chance to win with their newly designed Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) machine
Prior year's entry by the University of Bochum // Source: energycraft.ru
Cambridge University’s solar car team, Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER), unveiled its latest car design, for entry into the upcoming World Solar Challenge 2011, at a special launch day last month. The launch day also encompassed the final round of their national Future Car Competition for school children.
Cambridge University Eco Racing designs and builds eco-friendly cars for a variety of competitions and projects. Their latest car has been developed to race in the biennial World Solar Challenge, the Formula One of eco-friendly motorsport, which is a 3,000 kilometer race across the Australian outback from Darwin to Adelaide. It will be held 16-23 October 2011.
In 2009, CUER entered the race for the first time as the only U.K. team. This month, after two years of development, the new car design was revealed for the first time, showcasing state-of-the- art features and technology.
As a part of the celebrations of their new solar car design, CUER ran an international competition, for school pupils aged from 6 to 14, to design a car for the future. Their designs could use any technology, existing or futuristic, to make their car as ecofriendly as possible. The winners were Toby Harris (12- 4 years category), Jennifer Docherty (9-11 years category), and Peter White (6-8 years category). The overall winner was Peter White, whose design will decorate CUER’s car when it races in Australia in October.
