This session introduced teachers to the Veolia World Solar Challenge including the history of the race, the route it takes and the basics of design of solar driven vehicles with the race director, Chris Selwood.

The World Solar Challenge (WSC) began in 1987 and is an adventure that occurs once every two years, where teams from around the world design a solar car and see who can make it the 3,021 km from Darwin to Adelaide the fastest.

As opposed to other motor competitions, this isn’t a race – “it’s not how fast you can go, it’s how far you can go on how little fuel,” says event director Chris Selwood.

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