There you have it folks. The Philippines first entry into the World Solar Challenge: Team Sinag, has successfully crossed the finish line at Adelaide Australia on October 27 10:33:00 AM. They finished the race with a day to spare and running in 11th place althroughout. Class leader, Nuon Solar Team, arrived first with a whopping 2 day lead over most of the pack.
Check out their account of the crossing at their team blog.
Sinag, which means “Ray of Light” in Filipino, was developed by the Students and Faculty of De La Salle University-Manila with the help of some generous sponsors: Ford Group Philippines, Motolite, Philippine Airlines, San Miguel Corporation, Pilipinas Shell, SunPower, U-Freight, Ventus, Aurora, Cabrera Lavadia and Associates, JWT, CreAsia, Merritt Partners, Tuason Racing School, Gochermann Solar Technology, and Stratworks.
Congratulations!!! We’re Proud of you Guys!!!
[Photo Taken from their Team Blog]
Category: Solar
February 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Can you imagine a world where everyone was driving a solar-powered vehicle? I mean it wouldn’t be as fast-paced as the world today, which would probably drive people crazy, but it would certainly be interesting.
Tax credit for trading in your hummer for a solar-powered car anyone?