Aussie Sunswift 7 solar car claims EV world record
21 Dec 2022
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sunswift Racing Team is the new provisional Guinness World Record holder for ‘Fastest Electric Vehicle over 1000km on a single charge’.
A feat two years in the making, the all-student team’s solar-powered Sunswift 7 racer covered 1000km in less than 12 hours (11:53.32) at an average speed of 84.1km/h – some 16km/h slower than intended, but still enough to claim the record.
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