Engineers at the University of New South Wales have developed a car equipped with solar panels.
What is known
The machine of Australian engineers does not haveair conditioning, airbags, ABS systems and other components common to modern cars. This was done deliberately in order to optimize the vehicle as much as possible.
The drag coefficient was reduced to 0.095.For comparison, in Tesla's Model S electric car, this figure is0.209.The normal coefficient for modern cars is 0.3 and below.
Work on Sunswift 7 took about two years.The goal of the Australian engineers was to create a solar-powered car that could enter the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest car in its class at a distance of 1000 km.
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To check in, the development team went toHighway Circuit track at the Australian Automotive Research Centre. On a single charge, the Sunswift 7 was able to cover 240 laps at an average speed of 85 km/h. It took the car 11 hours 53 minutes and 32 seconds. The car can get into the Guinness Book of Records when the commission receives all the data to register the achievement.