{"id":6893,"date":"2025-09-23T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6893"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:00:32","slug":"romanian-student-team-crosses-australia-aboard-solar-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6893","title":{"rendered":"Romanian student team crosses Australia aboard solar vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, the Solis student team from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca crossed the Australian desert from north to south over 6 days aboard the solar-powered car \u201cHyperion.\u201d The crossing was part of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025<\/a>, which took place on a 3,020 km route, from the cities of Darwin to Adelaide, crossing the Australian desert.<\/p>\n

The competition, which measured the efficiency of each participating car, was an ideal testing ground for the Romanian-made car.<\/p>\n

The 270 kg vehicle (driver included) is powered through photovoltaic panels, and was manned by a team of 30, divided into departments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe battery is 3 kW, half the capacity of last year. We had 6 square meters of solar panels. The car\u2019s range in zero-sun conditions is up to 300 km. Aerodynamics is a very important thing. It must be very stable on the road. The pilot is forced to stay at a high temperature in the car,\u201d said Tudor B\u0103ldean, who coordinated the electric department, according to G4Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHyperion\u201d crossed the Australian in six days, registering an average speed of 65-70 km\/h. The pilot was assisted and accompanied on the route by regular vehicles, team colleagues, and organizers. In the end, the team placed 18th out of 26 in the Challenger category.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The entire experience was special, according to the Romanian students.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn an Australian road, it is important to be very safe because it is a dangerous road. Australia hosts many animals, and many of them are not friendly to humans,\u201d B\u0103ldean added.<\/p>\n

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The Solis team has been developing solar cars since 2018, participating in numerous international competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: worldsolarchallenge.org)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, the Solis student team from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca crossed the Australian desert from north to south over 6 days aboard the solar-powered car \u201cHyperion.\u201d The crossing was part of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025, which took place on a 3,020 km route, from the cities of Darwin to Adelaide, crossing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}