The team is now back in Sydney, grudgingly getting back into the swing of normal life (exams, thesis, work…), after a week that was nothing short of an adventure. As we recall last week’s race, we realise that what made it so much more interesting, stressful and exciting was the ever changing weather that affected [...]

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

We all got up well before the sun to set up the array (or take pics in my case). It was a bit cloudy in the morning and we had quite a bit of smoke haze after getting away. Not long on the road and we came across solar car Apollo that had lost it [...]

A good run today. An 8:30am start from Darwin in grid position 4. Passed several cars with mechanical issues but Sunswift had some too which were fixed after the first control stop. We ended the day in about 7th position in the fleet. After a great dinner the team are working on various maintenance issues. [...]

It has been an action-filled four days since we arrived in Darwin Monday night. Here are the highlights: As soon as we hit Darwin pavement we unloaded the solar car at Hidden Valley Raceway and met some of the other teams such as Stanford, CalSol from Berkeley, and ETS from Montreal. Besides acclimating to the [...]

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 [...]

Driver controls are one of the critical components of any car. In a solar car, not only does there have to be a mechanical connection to the front wheels via a steering column, but also a connection to the drive train to control torque and velocity. There is no gas pedal in IVy, only a [...]

During the last few weeks, on top of all the work going on at the workshop, we have been also been busy testing and characterising Ivy in preparation for the World Solar Challenge. We’ve been fortunate enough to get access to the Sydney International Regatta Centre, which has a beautifully flat stretch of road alongside [...]