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1990 Hoxan World Solar Challenge
The 2nd edition of the World Solar Challenge
Host CountryAustralia
Dates runNovember 7, 1990
Start Darwin, Australia
Finish Adelaide, Australia
Total Distance (km)3,028
Results
Winner Biel Ingenieurschule
2nd Honda
3rd University of Michigan

The 1990 Hoxan World Solar Challenge was the second international solar-powered car race held in Australia. It covered about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia. The event finished at the McLaren Vale. [1]

The race was won by a team from the Swiss Biel Ingenieurschule team (now Berner Fachhochschule) with the car 'Spirit of Biel II' in 46 hours and 10 minutes at an average speed of 65.18 km/h, ahead of entries from Honda and the University of Michigan. [2] 30 cars were entered in the event, five retired. [3]

Route

The World Solar Challenge runs across approximately 3,000 km from Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

Results

The 1990 event marked the first and only time a Swiss team has won the World Solar Challenge. [2] [3]

Rank Team Car Country Time (hr:min) Speed (km/h)
1 Biel College of Engineering Spirit of Biel II Switzerland 46.13 65
2 Honda R&D Dream Japan 55.00 55
3 University of Michigan Sunrunner United States 57.25 53
4 Hoxan Pheobus III Japan 57.35 53
5 Western Washington University Viking XX United States 58.20 54
6 Australian Energy Research Laboratory [4] Aurora Q1 Australia 59.90 50
7 University of Maryland Pride of Maryland United States 60.71 50
8 Crowder College Star II United States 62.96 48
9 Team Barossa Team Barossa Australia 63.29 48
10 Cal State LA Solar Eagle United States 67.76 44
11 California State Polytechnic University Pomona Solar Flair United States 68.03 44
12 Northern Territory University Desert Rose Australia 69.61 43
13 Monash University / Melbourne University Parhelion Australia 69.81 43
14 Kyocera-Kitami Institute of Technology Blue Eagle Japan 71.38 42
15 Star Micronics Pty Ltd. Solar Star Australia 80.06 38
16 Simon Co Ltd CSK Simon 90 Japan 90.94 33
17 Dimitri Lajovic (Alarus) Alarus Australia 94.71 32
18 Konawaena High School [5] United States 96.21 31
19 Dripstone High School Aquila Australia 96.57 31
20 Annesley College EOS Australia 96.83 31
21 Hirotaka Oyabu Sofix Japan 96.83 30
22 Waseda University Japan 96.83 30
23 Stewart Lister Solar Kiwi New Zealand 96.83 29
24 Queens University Sun Quest Canada 96.83 26
25 Aisin Seiki Co/AISOL Aisol Japan 96.83 25
26 Yamawaki Ninja Japan 96.83 22
27 Solar Research Association 96.83 21
28 Semiconductor Energy Lab Southern Cross II Japan 96.83 21
29 Helio Det Helio Det I Germany 96.83 20
30 Michiro Eguchi Solar Japan Japan 96.83 19
31 Sonderborg Teknikum Grundfos/Solvogn Danmark Denmark
32 Morphett Value High School Photon Flyer Australia retired 16
33 Phil Farrand Holy Cheat UK retired 12
34 Nobuaki Hosokawa Ryu Sei Go Japan retired 3
35 Mark Jensen retired 13

References

  1. ^ "Spirit of Biel wins World Solar Challenge,". Canberra Times. 1990-11-17. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  2. ^ a b "Honour Roll | World Solar Challenge 2023". worldsolarchallenge.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ^ a b "Team List". 140.112.14.7. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  4. ^ "World Solar Challenge 1990 | Aurora Solar Car Team". www.aurorasolarcar.com. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  5. ^ "1990 World Solar Challenge, Australia". www-personal.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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