Previous Winners of the World Solar Challenge
1987 Event
1st Place General Motors "Sunraycer" (USA) average speed 66.9 Km/h
2nd Place Ford Australia "Sunchaser" (AUS) average speed 44.48 Km/h
3rd Place Biel College of Engineering (CH) average speed 42.93 Km/h
1990 Event
1st Place Biel College of Engineering (CH) average speed 65.18 Km/h
2nd Place Honda "Dream" (Japan) average speed 54.67 Km/h
3rd Place University of Michigan (USA) average Speed 52.53 Km/h
1993 Event
1st Place Honda "Dream" (Japan) average Speed 84.96 Km/h
2nd Place Biel College of Engineering (CH) average speed 78.27 Km/h
3rd Place Kyocera "Son of Sun" (Japan) average speed 70.76 Km/h
1996 Event
1st Place Honda "Dream II" (Japan) average speed 89.76 Km/h
2nd Place United High Schools of Biel (CH) average speed 86 Km/h
3rd Place Aisin Seiki "Aisol III" average speed 80.7 Km/h
1999 Event
1st Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 72.96 Km/h
2nd Place Queens university "Radiance" (CAN) average speed 72.17 Km/h
3rd Place University of Queensland "Sunshark" (AUS) average speed 71.68 Km/h
2001 Event
1st Place Nuna "Alpha Centauri" (NL) average speed 91.81 Km/h
2nd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 90.26 Km/h
3rd Place University of Michigan (USA) average speed average speed 87.37 Km/h
2003 Event
1st Place Nuon "Nuna II" (NL) average speed 97.02 Km/h
2nd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 91.90 Km/h
3rd Place MIT "Tesseract" (USA) average speed 90.20 Km/h
2005 Event
1st Place Nuon "Nuna III" (NL) average speed 102.75 Km/h
2nd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (AUS) average speed 92.03 Km/h
3rd Place University of Michigan "Momentum" (USA) average speed 90.03 Km/h
2007 Event (NB lower average speeds due to 25% smaller solar panels)
1st Place Nuon "Nuna 4" (NL) average speed 90.87 Km/h
2nd Place Umicore "Umicar Infinity" (Belgium) average speed 88.05 Km/h
3rd Place Aurora "Aurora 101" (Australia) average speed 85 Km/h