David Rand and John Ward from CSIRO Energy Technology report on the thrills, spills and challenges of crossing a continent on photon power.
In September 2005 the Panasonic World Solar Challenge – the eighth meeting of this premier event for solar cars – set off on a 3,000km course from Darwin to Adelaide across the 'Red Centre' of Australia.
What attracts private individuals and teams from major organisations, small businesses, universities and high schools across the globe? After all, there is the more-than-daunting prospect of having to negotiate some of the most inhospitable countries in the world . . .
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