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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Durham University Students Set To Drive Across Australia In Solar Powered Car
Caption: Durham University Students Set To Drive Across Australia In Solar Powered Car. In October 2023 Durham University students will aim to travel across Australia using only the power of the sun to drive their car. For two decades, the university’s Solar Car project has been at the forefront of solar-powered engineering. Comprising a dedicated team of 50 innovative students, it is the longest-running team of its kind in the UK. They are set to compete in the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Car Challenge in Australia in October where they will try to propel their DUSC2023 vehicle 3,000km (approximately 1,864 miles) race from Darwin to Adelaide, racing against teams from across the globe. A standout feature of the DUSC2023 is its 4m² solar panel array, harnessing the sun's energy to power the car as it navigates the challenging Australian outback. Complementing this solar array is a 5kWh battery pack, granting the vehicle an impressive range of over 400 km (250 miles) at 80 km/h on its battery alone. Driving the car across the continental country is a tough ask - and so drivers take shifts each day from 8 am to 5 pm. In 2019, they successfully drove from the north coast to the south coast but ran up against the event's time limit on the final stretch into the finish. Now they hope to go one better!
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