The 2013 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 3,022 km (1,878 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.

In all, 37 teams competed of which 16 completed the course. There were three classes: Cruiser, Challenge and Adventure. The Cruiser class was won by Eindhoven University of Technology of the Netherlands; the Challenge class by Nuon Solar Team of the Netherlands; and the Adventure class by the Australian Aurora team.

Results tables

Cruiser class

Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Person Kilometers External Energy (kWh) Practicality (%) Final Score (%)
1EindhovenNetherlands302240:14909364.088.397.5
2BochumGermany302241:38648463.587.093.9
3SunswiftAustralia302238:35302264.070.792.3
4University of MinnesotaUnited States302251:41545464.069.379.2
5Goko HSJapan228870.7
6ApolloTaiwan155850.3
7TAFE SA Solar SpiritAustralia146971.7
8University of CalgaryCanada71978.0

Challenger class

Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1Nuon Solar TeamNetherlands302233:0390.71
2Tokai UniversityJapan302236:2282.43
3University of TwenteNetherlands302237:3879.67
4Stanford UniversityUnited States302239:3175.86
5Solar Energy RacersSwitzerland302240:1374.54
6Punch PowertrainBelgium302240:2874.08
7Team ArrowAustralia302243:3868.71
8University of TorontoCanada302245:3865.71
9University of MichiganUnited States302245:5565.29
10Onda SolareItaly302248:2561.92
11University of Western SydneyAustralia2891
12Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyJapan2564
13EAFIT-EPMColombia2505
14Kogakuin UniversityJapan2450
15KUSTSouth Korea2013
16SunSPECSingapore1676
17Istanbul Technical University (İTU)Turkey1613
18ETSCanada1530
19Sun ShuttleChina1398
20Jonkoping UniversitySweden1301
21ITSIndonesia748
22UMPMalaysia616

Adventure class

Rank Team Country Distance (km) Time (hr:mn) Speed (km/h)
1AuroraAustralia302238:3977.57
2AntakariChile302249:3160.54
3Sikat SolarPhilippines2487
4IVEHong Kong2105
5KAITJapan1533
6SolarisTurkey1481
7Mississippi Choctaw HSUnited States164

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