39 solar cars race across Australia

They left this weekend from Darwin, Australia, the 39 cars that are challenging for the World Solar Challenge Veolia, the most 'famous race regularity' for solar-powered vehicles. Built by a team of researchers from 21 countries worldwide and with a power comparable to that of a toaster, the prototypes have to travel 3,021 kilometers to the finish line in Adelaide.

The race is held every two years and the main purpose and 'not so much to achieve the maximum speed', the maximum efficiency, which is the lowest power consumption possible, through slight body shapes and unusual, experimental photovoltaic devices, and advanced technological . At the time, and 'leading the crew of the Tokai University, followed by the University' of Michigan and the Dutch Nuon Solar Team.