South African Solar Challenge
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The South African Solar Challenge is an Alternative Energy Challenge with classes for Hybrids, Bio-fuel, Electric and Solar Powered vehicles. The challenge route may change from year to year, but will run from Johannesburg to Cape Town to Durban and finish in Pretoria.
The First challenge will be run in 2008, and it will run every 2 years from there. The race distance is over 4,100 km (2,500 mi).
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[edit] Objective
The primary objective is to design, manage, build and race solar powered vehicle across South Africa. The challenge sees a collaboration between scholars, students, private individuals and various industry and government partners, to work together to have a safe, technology rich event.
[edit] Race Promotes
- Renewable energy technologies (specifically photovoltaic or “solar cells”) - Educational excellence in science, engineering and mathematics - Creative integration of technical and scientific expertise across a wide-range of disciplines - Understanding of marketing, business and management skills needed to execute large and complex projects. - “Hands-on” experience for students and engineers to develop and demonstrate their technical and creative abilities - Environmental consciousness - Safety in all aspects of the challenge, development, testing and racing. - Sportsmanship, friendship and co-operation.
[edit] See also
- North American Solar Challenge
- Race The Sun
- International Solarcar Federation
- World Solar Challenge
