
In the relentless sun, the University of Michigan solar energy
As the team continued its race 1,864 miles inland in Australia, the power car was only 11 minutes behind the team leader.
Competition organizers said the university's entries, known as Aurum, ranked third as the team continued to avoid headwinds and take advantage of the clear skies of small cars covering solar panels. Forty-
Two teams from around the world set off from Darwin to Adelaide on Sunday.
The first two are Twente, the "red" team from the Netherlands, and Nuon Solar, the 2013 winner.
The first two are only 11 seconds apart.
One of the "Stella Lux" from the Eindhoven team claimed to have set a record for the first solar home car to run 1500 kilometers on a charge at a normal speed.