Next few days of Sasol Solar Challenge set to be interesting
Top contenders Nuon and Tokai have been neck-and-neck for the first three days of the Sasol Solar Challenge, until Tuesday.
For the first time, Japanese Tokai team have put 36 kilometres between themselves and the world champions.
Tokai’s Challenger solar car has now travelled 2 072.6 kilometres on South African roads in just four days.
“At this level of competition, we often see the top teams differentiated only by time,” said Winstone Jordaan, event director. “They employ the same strategies and clock the same distance, which means the winner is determined by the first car to cross our finish line. For Tokai to pull off an extra lap in Middelburg, they will have made significant sacrifices in their strategy. The next few days are going to be very interesting indeed.”
In another first, a South African team has overtaken one of the top international competitors, with Tshwane University of Technology completing 291 kilometres against the Swiss’ 255. This places TUT third on the start line from Graaff-Reinet, the Swiss fourth, followed by North-West University with 41.7 kilometres
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