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VIDEO: UNSW team close to building Australia's first road legal solar car

06 May 2015

A UNSW student team of ‘Aussie battlers’ is less than three months away from creating the Southern Hemisphere’s first road legal solar sports car.

INFOGRAPHIC: Evolution of UNSW's solar cars

12 Mar 2015

As the UNSW Sunswift solar racing team works to realise its dream of building Australia's first road-legal solar car, we take a look at the almost two-decade long journey to bring solar-electric cars within reach of the average driver. Last year the team, staffed entirely by undergraduate student

Sunswift students take on electric car world record

09 Jul 2014

A team of UNSW students will challenge a 26-year-old world record on Wednesday to prove their electric car meets the needs of Australia's driving public.

Solar race heats up

17 Oct 2011

UNSW's solar racing car, Sunswift, is in the middle of a gruelling battle against the best in the world, as it competes in a global solar car challenge from Darwin to Adelaide.

Sunswift shines

30 Oct 2009

UNSW's solar racing team is celebrating its victory in the Global Green Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide. Sunswift IV was the first Australian car to cross the finish line.

Watt a beauty

09 Oct 2009

UNSW's Sunswift solar racing team has unveiled a new car which can reach 115km/h using the same amount of power it takes to make your morning toast.

Duel in the desert

16 Oct 2007

The UNSW Sunswift Solar Racing Team is once again ready to do battle in the World Solar Challenge, a gruelling race from Darwin to Adelaide. They'll be relying the power of the sun - and some very clever thinking.