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The 2007 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 2,999 km (1,863 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory, to Adelaide, South Australia.
In the Challenge class 19 teams started, of which 10 completed the course, and the winner was a Nuna car built by Nuon of the Netherlands. In the Adventure class 18 teams started and eight completed the course, the winner being Ashiya University of Japan.
Challenge class
edit| Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuon | Netherlands | 2999 | 33:00 | 90.87 |
| 2 | Umicore | Belgium | 2999 | 34:36 | 88.05 |
| 3 | Aurora | Australia | 2999 | 35:17 | 85.00 |
| 4 | Bochum Solar World 1 | Germany | 2999 | 41:09 | 72.87 |
| 5 | Southern Taiwan University | Taiwan | 2999 | 44:08 | 67.95 |
| 6 | University of Twente | Netherlands | 2999 | 44:46 | 66.83 |
| 7 | University of Michigan | United States | 2999 | 44:55 | 66.76 |
| 8 | University of Calgary | Canada | 2999 | 51:43 | 57.98 |
| 9 | University of Waterloo | Canada | 2999 | 54:49 | 54.70 |
| 10 | Helios | France | 2999 | 59:24 | 50.80 |
| 11 | Solar Fox | UK | 2719 | ||
| 12 | Sinag | Philippines | 2691 | ||
| 13 | Sun Speed | France | 2002 | ||
| 14 | University of Chile | Chile | 1862 | ||
| 15 | Queen's University | Canada | 1345 | ||
| 16 | Leeming Senior High School | Australia (WA) | 1050 | ||
| 17 | Gwawr | UK | 740 | ||
| 18 | Heliox | Switzerland | 735 | ||
| 19 | University of Malaya | Malaysia | 250 |
Adventure class
edit| Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashiya University | Japan | 2999 | 32:03 | 93.57 |
| 2 | Apollo | Taiwan | 2999 | 35:43 | 83.96 |
| 3 | Southern Aurora | Australia | 2999 | 40:44 | 73.63 |
| 4 | Sunswift | Australia | 2999 | 44:11 | 67.88 |
| 5 | University of Toronto | Canada | 2999 | 46:19 | 64.74 |
| 6 | Christine Aurora | Australia | 2999 | 46:33 | 64.42 |
| 7 | TAFE SA | Australia | 2999 | 50:52 | 58.95 |
| 8 | Salesian Polytechnic University | Japan | 2999 | 58:19 | 51.42 |
| 9 | Towards Tomorrow | Australia | 2896 | ||
| 10 | University Tech Malaysia | Malaysia | 2719 | ||
| 11 | HelioDet | Germany | 2517 | ||
| 12 | Solar Fern | New Zealand | 2233 | ||
| 13 | Stanford University | United States | 1864 | ||
| 14 | University of Western Ontario | Canada | 1680 | ||
| 15 | Hachinohe Institute of Technology | Japan | 1675 | ||
| 16 | Polytechnique Montreal | Canada | 1772 | ||
| 17 | Willetton | Australia (WA) | 729 | ||
| 18 | Houston HS | United States | 143 |
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