Wheel Motor Update
Early in 2011 we started work on a new wheel motor. The current wheel motor (designed by Lyndon Young) has been in use since 1998 with no significant changes. We thought that after 12 years of computer advancement and development in solar car wheel motor housings we could do something a bit better. We wanted [...]
Work Begins in Earnest at the Workshop!
With 2011 World Solar Challenge fast approaching work in the workshop has intensified. Today new team members started preparing the workshop for the massive amounts of composites work we will have to do in order to get a new top shell and array built in time for The Race this October. Today was the first [...]
Some more information & FAQ about the World Record
Sunswift has broken the Guiness World Land-Speed record for a solar-powered vehicle. The record was set at 88km/h by Sunswift IVy on the 7th of January, 2011. The previous record was set by General Motors Sunraycer, which travelled 78km/h on roughly 1500 Watts. During the day that Sunwift IVy set the record, conditions were mostly [...]
