Sunswift IV
Sunswift IV 2009 – present Background Ivy was built in 2009 for the 2009 WSC. She was the 3rd vehicle that Sunswift had ever designed and built from scratch – although many successful elements from previous cars were retained in Ivy’s design. Achievements 6th overall in the 2011 World Solar Challenge, 1st in Production Class. 4th overall in [...]
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 [...]
Our Cars
The University of New South Wales Solar Racing Team have raced many cars since they began in 1996. Below is a list of the four main cars we have produced over the years. Sunswift IV 2009 – present Ivy on the first day of racing in the 2009 WSC Background Ivy was built in [...]
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 [...]
