HMAS Albatross Navy Base Airstrips in Nowra , Australia, has been the witness for the breaking record of fastest solar-powered car in the world today by Sunswift Ivy which managed to reach the speed of 88.738 km / h (55.077 mph). Records have also been recorded in the Guinness World Record as the fastest solar-powered vehicle.
Sunswift Ivy is a three-Wheeled Vehicle, the work of the students of the University of New South Wales "(UNSW) beat the previous record ever achieved by the GM Sunraycer in 1987 with the speed of 78 km/h (48.5 mph). The vehicle is made of monocoque carbon fiber body and it has brushless CSIRO 3 phase DC 1800 W motor.
The vehicle use about 1200 W power generate by solar array and a 24.75 kg lithium ion polymer battery pack. But for the record achievement test, the batteries were removed to determine the ability of vehicles that are powered entirely by the silicon solar cells.
Actually the team is optimistic in achieving record can reach speeds of up to 90 km / h but due to unfavorable weather so that they can not make further efforts. Previously, UNSW's Sunswift Ivy also has ever won the category in the Global Green Challenge race in 2009.
You need to be careful about how you represent this information. In the U.S. a period is used for a decimal point, and a comma is used to separate sets of three digits, starting at 1,000. So when you say a car has reached 55,077 mph, that sounds link something that would only be possible in space: 55 thousdand and 77!! I'd cut off one or two ditigs past the decimal place to eliminate this confusion.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the article, however, please note inconsistent decimal format. The record speed is 88.7km/h or 55.1 mph, not 55thousand mph!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bruce
Sorry for typing error in the previous figure which should use a point not comma. Correction to 55,077 mph which really is 55.077 mph, thanks for the notice
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