We are Top Dutch Solar Racing, a group of enthusiastic students from different educational levels and disciplines. Together with our partners we build a solar car with which we will compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge for the very first time. We believe you can do anything you dream of, as long as you work together. By showing our drive we hope to inspire others to create (or join) unique, innovative learning opportunities, in which students can develop themselves.
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The solar challenge is a race through the Australian Outback, in which student teams participate with solar cars they have built themselves. The race is over 3000 km long and takes place on the 13th of October until the 20th of October 2019. The challenge starts in Darwin and we finish in Adelaide.
Our solar car has been built in less than two years. During those years our engineers have been doing the research, designing, prototyping, testing and optimizing, with the support of our helpful partners! With a super efficient electromotor, high-tech solar array with innovative coating, a battery box that we designed ourselves and a feather light carbon body we will take on the solar challenge in Australia.
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We started this project in February 2017 with four guys who had a dream; taking on a complex, innovative project in which they could take on a big technological challenge. By finding the right people to support their idea, gathering an ambitious team and focusing a lot on working together we’ve grown until what we are now. A close team, that works day and night on their road to Adelaide, on their road to putting the North of the Netherlands on the map!
On the 22nd and 23rd of August 2019, our team, divided in two groups, started its journey to the other side of the world: Australia! It took us 52 hours, two flights, one stop in Singapore and the use of every just available transportation (besides ship!) to get to Quorn, a town close to Port Augusta and our base for the first month in Down Under. In this blog, we will take you on this journey and tell you more about our travel to Australia.
Last week was an eventful week. We feel the pressure of finishing the car as quickly as possible and discussions and frustrations are sometimes the result of this. You can read how we solve this within the team in this blog.
