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MOTORING

2nd place: Agoria Solar Team

3rd place: Tshwane University of Technology Solar Team

daunting, but exciting at the same time, as they
required them to work together to fix their solar WINNERS OF THE
cars, navigate the route, measure speed limits,
while also taking into consideration the need to 2022 SASOL SOLAR
cover as many kilometres as possible. The Sasol CHALLENGE
Solar Challenge is the first-ever solar event to
incorporate such stages. This shows how much
the event has grown and continues to drive First place Challenger Class – Brunel Solar Team
innovation both in the structure of the challenge (4 228.2km) – winners for four consecutive years
itself and the technologies developed by the
teams,” commented Robert Walker, Owner and Second place Challenger Class – Agoria Solar Team
Director of the Sasol Solar Challenge.
(4 189.9km) – first time participants that also achieved the
Prior to the start of the event, a team from longest day distance of 609.4km
the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research) was involved in scrutineering the Third place Challenger Class – Tshwane University of
safety of the solar cars and performed electrical Technology Solar Team (2 767.4km) – local champions and
and battery safety tests. The schools programme winners of the Best African Team Award, nominated to compete in
that ran alongside the event, was conducted in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
partnership with Microbotics, a service provider
that offers robotics, programming and electronic
modules for scholars. www.solarchallenge.org.za

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