On the way back to Sydney
We’re currently on the route back to Sydney, expecting to get back this afternoon. We’ve got a whole lot of pictures we’ll be putting on our facebook and blog very soon. Sorry for the delay guys, internet has been quite patchy! – Dan
G’Day from Kulgera!
Today was a big Mock Race Day for the Sunswift fleet. We travelled one of the most gruelling stretches of the WSC, starting in Glendambo in SA and finishing at the NT border. The car was on the road by 8 AM as planned. With all systems functioning seamlessly, the fleet drivers perfected their radio [...]
SEIKO: Official Timekeeper of the UNSW Solar Racing Team
Synchronized wristwatches, courtesy of SEIKO’s Solar collection, will keep the Sunswift team on schedule at this year’s World Solar Challenge. The most obvious time that necessitates this will be the regulated 8 AM start to each race day. Here is a more striking example: the allotted 2 or 3 control stops in the daily 8-hour [...]
FleetPartners: Official Fleet Provider of the UNSW Solar Racing Team
We would like to give a big thank you to our newest sponsor, FleetPartners, who are donating five vehicles, as well as fuel, to the team to use during the World Solar Challenge. Reliable fleet vehicles are critical for our safe passage through central Australia during the upcoming 2011 World Solar Challenge. We will be [...]
Introducing Sunswift Live
As Project Manager I don’t often have time to get to work on any technical projects from top to bottom, but 6 months ago I decided to put my foot down and get involved. We often hear from our fans that it’s difficult to find out what happening with the team while on the race. [...]
Keeping in the loop
Hey guys, We’ve made a few posts recently but getting them onto facebook and twitter slipped through the cracks. We’ve just got a new magical plugin for our blog that will tweet/share automatically when we post an article. We’ve got a few other things in the pipeline aimed at letting our fans know what we’re [...]
Team Updates coming soon!
Hey all, This is a new post to let everybody know that we will be letting everybody know what’ve been up to very soon UNSW is in week 11, which means exams, assignments, and less time for Sunswift as we’d like. The good news is that we’ve been quiet about a lot of really awesome [...]
We Have A New Website!
You’re looking at it! It looks very similar to the old one, we just polished it up a little bit. If it aint broke… We’re still working on Internet Explorer 6/7 support. We really do apologise for anything that doesn’t look the way it should if you are using these browsers. Unfortunately it takes a [...]
UNSW students break world record
The Sunswift team’s full year of planning, negotiating, and testing finally paid off yesterday. We smashed the Guinness World Record for fastest Solar-Powered vehicle by over 10 kmh. Barton Mawer officially broke the record at around 10:30am with a speed of 88.738 kmh. Runs continued until 1:30pm when rain prevented further attempts. The two official [...]
Playing It Safe
Here at Sunswift, we have access to a workshop full of all kinds of fun toys. To ensure everybody gets to work in a safe environment, Sunswift holds annual OH&S safety inductions for all new recruits. As part of the safety inductions, Etienne lead everybody though the electrical systems of the car. We all learned [...]
