Solar+Cars+at+Knox

On the 1st of July, 2009, our class 6B, travelled to the Knox Grammar Senior School to see an amazing presentation. It was divided into three parts. The first was group of students from the university of New South Wales. They explained that they were from a solar car racing team called Sunswift. Then they went on to talk about how efficient the car was, how they made it, and why they made it. It was very, very interesting. If you would like to visit their website, here is a hyperlink. [] Then another man from UNSW talked briefly about what climate change and renewable energy is, and you can find all that information on this very site! Finally, we got to the good part of the presentation, the part where we can see the car in action. So we went out on to Knox Number 1 and sat down, eagerly awaiting the start. At first, it was driven with the top off, so was running on battery power, but was still quite fast because of its super aerodynamic structure, then it was driven with the solar panel top on, and it was a sight to see. And becuse it was a sight to see, we are going to let you see it! Thats right. Here is a picture of the actual car from that day. Enjoy!