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Big energy. Big adventure. BWSC at science alive! 2024
02 Aug 2024
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, (BWSC), will be bringing its positive energy for a sustainable future to this year’s Science Alive! The electrifying program powers…
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Perfect Timing to Accelerate Towards Green Energy
07 May 2024
Announcing the most significant step-change since the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge’s (BWSC) inception in 1987, BWSC Ambassador, Chris Selwood AM, said the 2025 Challenge will…
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Sun sets on 2023 challenge - Australia’s Sunswift top cruiser
29 Oct 2023
Streets ahead in the CSIRO Cruiser Class field, Sunswift Racing from Australia has claimed its first 2023 Cruiser Cup victory. Taking an early points lead,…
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EXPERT PANEL JUDGES GREEN-TECH CRUISERS - OUR DRIVING FUTURE
28 Oct 2023
Cars of tomorrow, many packed with features you can expect to see on our driving horizon, were on show today in Adelaide’s Victoria Square. The…
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CRUISING INTO ADELAIDE
27 Oct 2023
The CSIRO solar electric Cruiser Class had their moment in the sun today – arriving on the City of Adelaide finish line from 1pm. Leading…
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BELGIANS INFINITE & THEIR FUTURISTIC FIN FLY HOME TO ADELAIDE
26 Oct 2023
They did it! Belgian Solar Team Innoptus has claimed back-to-back Bridgestone World Solar Challenge titles with a time of 34 hours, 4 minutes, and 41…
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The women leading the solar car racing
25 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Despite data showing girls outperform boys in many school classrooms around the world and are as likely – if…
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Solar race tightens amid poor light, high winds expected on Wednesday
25 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Image credit: Frankie the Creative The Belgian solar car team Innoptus leads the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge on the…
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PROVISIONAL UPDATE DAY 4 - HEADWIND HAVOC FOR CRUISERS AS INNOPTUS & TWENTE FLY TOWARDS HOME
25 Oct 2023
Unseasonal headwinds took the cruise out of the CSIRO Cruiser Class today with none of the competitive teams making the critical 5pm time point into…
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How many cars does it take to win a solar race?
24 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos How many cars does it take to win the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge? Surely, just one? Of course, one…
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PROVISIONAL UPDATE DAY 3 - COOBER PEDY GEARS UP FOR AN OUTBACK WELCOME
24 Oct 2023
Early morning smoke and cloudy skies took the edge off yesterday’s pace as the field slowed slightly. The windy conditions gave the Belgian Innoptus team…
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PROVISIONAL UPDATE DAY 2 - INNOPTUS INFINITE SETS A RED-HOT PACE AS SUN SETS ON DAY 2
24 Oct 2023
Teams are now making camp as the sun sets on Day 2 of the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. With air temperatures hovering around 40…
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PROVISIONAL UPDATE DAY 1
23 Oct 2023
Belgian team, Innoptus set the pace in ‘Infinite’, with its revolutionary fin that can harness crosswinds, taking an early lead in the Bridgestone World Solar…
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Charging towards the future…31 teams off to chase the sun…
22 Oct 2023
After a week of challenges for many teams, 31 teams from around the world took to the start line at State Square in Darwin today,…
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Why solar challenges? They’re in the DNA of Tesla, Google for starters
21 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos It’s a hot, steamy Saturday in Darwin, and I’m speaking to Cameron Tuesley. He’s the Founder-CEO of a Queensland-based…
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German team to lead world solar challenge away
21 Oct 2023
The German solar car outfit Sonnenwagen Aachen will lead away a fleet of solar-powered race cars in Darwin on Sunday after posting the fastest time…
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World Solar Challenge: The teams, the cars, the contenders
21 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos As Cosmos covers the return of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge to the 3020km route from Darwin to Adelaide,…
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Thinking outside the cube: the solar team courting AWS, Audi and TV
21 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Australia doesn’t have a Formula One team, but it does have a unique, high-performance outfit being run just like…
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Team Sonnenwagen Aachen takes pole, as grid positions decided…
21 Oct 2023
Team Sonnenwagen Aachen flew the German flag proudly today as its sleek Projecta Challenger class solar car, Covestro Adelie, claimed pole position with a hot…
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SCRUTINEERING CHALLENGES THE 2023 FIELD
20 Oct 2023
It’s called a challenge for a reason! As the Sunday start line draws closer for competitors in the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, some teams…
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CSIRO to monitor grid impact during solar challenge
19 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Australia’s top science agency will perform a set of experiments to monitor grid load in regional locations during the …
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Aero guards cars against turbulence tumbles
18 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Four years ago, speeding down the Stuart Highway in far north South Australia, two cars barrelled off the road…
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Top Gun Tuesday - Scrutineering Showdown
17 Oct 2023
Today is the first behind-the-scenes look at the international ‘top guns’ together for the first time on the Prohelion Scrutineering floor. A look under the…
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Keeping cool, Swedish style
17 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Photo Credit: JU Solar Team It’s a good question, say the battery suppliers to the Swedish institutions racing in…
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Flinders Automotive Solar Team A class act
16 Oct 2023
With less than a week to go before the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, and with Prohelion Static Scrutineering ahead, it’s a challenging time for our…
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Welcome to Country Saltwater Ceremony welcomes Solar teams
15 Oct 2023
With one week to go, the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC) teams from around the world will be officially Welcomed to Country today by…
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World Solar Challenge returns after a four-year hiatus
13 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos University and industry teams from around the world will converge on Darwin in the north of Australia this week…
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Aussie teams build showroom-worthy solar cars
05 Oct 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Photo: UNSW Sydney / Richard Freeman Three Australian universities are putting pedal to the metal with the construction of…
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Michigan solar team heads north for final trials
29 Sep 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos Original story at: Cosmos Operating a solar car in a 3000km cross-country challenge every two years is no mean…
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Swiss solar car racers inspired by threat to nation’s glacier
25 Sep 2023
By Matthew Ward Agius | Cosmos When your nation’s largest glacier is losing ice at an alarming rate, it serves as an ideal – if…
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Illuminating Aussie Spirit
05 Sep 2023
Can an Australian team take on the multi-million-dollar international top guns in this year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge on a fraction of the budget? Adelaide…
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Sun chasers to shine brighter with star power
31 Aug 2023
The world’s greatest engineering and innovation challenge, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, is set to shine bigger and brighter this year, thanks to Starlink, which…
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Bridgestone brings ENLITEN® technology to BWSC
29 Aug 2023
Bridgestone brings ENLITEN® technology to motorsports through tires using 63% recycled and renewable materials Bridgestone today announced it will be supplying teams at the Bridgestone…
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Unlimited Potential - Western Sydney launch!
02 Aug 2023
One of Australia’s strongest contenders for this year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The whisper on campus is that this car has the potential to exceed…
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100 DAYS TO GO - BELGIAN CHAMPS TO REVEAL SECRET WEAPON
14 Jul 2023
With 100 days until the start of the world’s greatest innovation and engineering challenge, The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC), the countdown is on! Teams…
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Visit BWSC at Science Alive! this August
13 Jul 2023
Make sure you visit the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge at the 2023 Science Alive! a fun family day out discovering science and technology inspiring the…
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2023 Teams Announced
05 Jun 2023
Speaking from leading innovation district, Lot Fourteen’s Stone & Chalk, the Hon. Susan Close, Deputy Premier of South Australia, today celebrated the return of the…
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AUSTRALIAN SOLAR CAR ADVENTURE TO RETURN
02 Jun 2023
Adventure awaits for hundreds of bright international minds when the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge makes its return next year. A new generation of solar cars…
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