Last week, a car designed and built by University of South Wales students, the Sunwift IVy solar car, smashed the world solar car speed record. At the HMAS Albatross navy base airstrip in Nowra, the car was recorded going over 88 kmh (nearly 55 mph), beating the previous record of 79 kmh (49 mph), which was set all the way back in 1987 (before most of the makers of Sunswift IVy were born).
While that may not be extremely fast, the car was only powered by silicon solar cells with all batteries removed, quite an accomplishment. And the technologies being developed in this car are expected to be used in real solar and electric vehicle (EV) cars in the future. The Sunswift IVy was “built from scratch” last year.Read more VIDEO
