The Aviva Southern Aurora Solar Car
The Aviva Southern Aurora vehicle won the 1999 Panasonic World Solar Challenge, finished tenth in 2003 and withdrew at Alice Springs in 2005 due to a technical fault. Since then, the vehicle has travelled more than 1300 km in a special 24-hour overnight event. The team made enhancements to the Avivasolarcar for 2007.
Did you know?
The amount of CO
2 a Formula One racing car emits during its racing season:
Around 17 tonnes
1
The amount of CO
2 the Aviva Southern Aurora Car will emit during its racing season:
0 tonnes
The challenge
The World Solar Challenge motivates research and development into harnessing solar
energy for future transport needs.
Solar blog
Read about the latest developments in the solar car challenge project