In Memory of Michael Wheatley

In June one of Sunswift’s founding members, Michael Wheatley, died of unknown causes. Michael joined the team in 1995 as the fifth member and raced with Sunswift I in the 1996 World Solar Challenge. He went on to become the electrical team leader in the Sunswift II project, culminating in our 1999 Transcontinental attempt from [...]

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WSC09: Day Nine – Arrival in Darwin

Today the team arrived at Hidden Valley racetrack in Darwin, where we spent the day. It was really exciting to meet teams from all around the world, check out their cars and here about their journeys to Australia. We met teams from Holland, Malaysia, Japan, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, France and the US and are looking [...]

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