2009 Global Green Challenge
In 2009, Sunswift raced the newly built IVy in the Global Green Challenge, placing 4th overall and 1st in the silicon challenge class. 2009 Global Green Challenge Race Team: Drivers: Alex Boulgakov and Clara Mazzone Academic Supervisor: Professor Joe Wolfe Good bloke: Arthur Collins Strategy: David Snowdon General: Jono Pye, Campbell McLaren, Luke Bycroft, John [...]
2011 World Solar Challenge
Sunswift raced IVy again in the 2011 World Solar Challenge. She was improved with a new wheel motor, completely new top-shell with new silicon array and improved brakes and electrical systems. IVy and the team placed 6th overall, just in front of our mates Aurora. The team also took out 1st place in the production [...]
Dar-winning
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 [...]
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. [...]
Coverage
2010-2011 12 Jan 2011 – Solar-powered car smashes speed record – CNN [pdf] 9 Jan 2011 - Sunswift IVy claims record for world’s fastest solar-powered car – GizMag [pdf] 2008-2009 30 Oct 2009 – Sunswift Shines – UNSW, Latest News [Link] 14 Oct 2009 – Empowered by a ray of hope – The Australian [Link] 12 [...]
Media Resources
Media Contact: Daniel Friedman +61 419 919 037 daniel.friedman@sunswift.unsw.edu.au Our most up-to-date photos can be found at our Facebook page. Please contact us for permission to use our photos or videos. We are happy to supply you with high resolution images or raw footage depending on the circumstances. For videos of Sunswift II and III, visit David Snowdon’s vimeo page. For [...]
…And we’re back!
Good day ladies and gentlemen, Dan here for an update on our progress. I’ve taken over the helm of web updates so you’ll be hearing from me a lot during the next couple of days. Before I start this decidedly overdue update, I’d like really like to apologize for the media blackout. As you can [...]
