Solar cars cross the finish line as records tumble
Eleven teams from all over the world crossed the finish line in Cape Town on Saturday after successfully driving just over 27‚000km collectively on public roads on solar power alone. Dutch team Nuon won the Challenger class after completing 4‚716 km‚ breaking the four-year old record of 4‚630km and beating Japanese team Tokai by 172km.Five South African teams held their own against the tough international competition in the event‚ which started from Pretoria. North-West University came in fourth position with 3‚524 km under their belt‚ and high school team Maragon Olympus managed to beat the University of Johannesburg by just 40 km to take seventh place.With new regulations set for the global competition‚ all the teams will use the South African event to build completely new vehicles for the 2017 challenge in Australia‚ which is shorter than the Sasol Solar Challenge.TMG Digital..
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