Student
18/10/2013

Solar-powered triumphal tour straight across the outback

Take some twenty students from different Departments, eighteen months to design and build a solar-powered family car and take part in a race across Australia. The plan was ambitious and the result was magnificent. Last week Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) won the Cruiser class of the World Solar Challenge 2013 with Stella.

by Tom Jeltes

Three thousand kilometers in six days, purely on solar energy – topped up with merely 64 kWh (the equivalent of seven liters of gasoline) from the grid. In a car holding three passengers on average and featuring a spacious boot. Excellent publicity for electric transport and a welcome promotion for TU/e.

Cursor reported on the race from a distance via our website and social media. One more time we look back on the special events Down Under. Team manager van STE Lex Hoefsloot gives us a stage-by-stage glimpse into the Australian adventure of his team.

Read the entire article in Cursor 4 (page 2)

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Research
11/04/2018

How Lightyear got the ball rolling

Lightyear's star is rising. Nearly a year ago Lightyear One first came to the world's attention. Now, these solar vehicle builders have installed themselves on the Automotive Campus in Helmond, where they will soon be opening their own factory and are employing forty people. Co-founder Lex Hoefsloot looks back on the past nine months, and talks about the obstacles they faced and how they were overcome.

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Columns Student Research
15/10/2013

CLMN | Game changers

World Champions! Everyone at TU/e spent the past week following the activities of Solar Team Eindhoven in Australia. They achieved the impossible: at their debut of TU/e in the World Solar Challenge, the team seized the first prize in the Cruiser class. An incredible performance, which in a few years might turn out to be even bigger than it appears to be at this moment. Mark my words.

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Columns
15/10/2013

Between a Dream and a Hard Place

Three men are woodworking on a parking lot near the Eindhoven’s Canal. I ask one of them what the heck they are doing. One of those geezers responds that he’s woodworking and adds a big “DÚH!”. I hesitate, but decide to go on asking the second woodworker. The second woodworker keeps silence as he gazes over the long canal. Finally, his faces forms a big smirk and he responds that he helps to build a boat.

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Student
13/10/2013

Solar Team Eindhoven wins World Solar Challenge

Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) has won the Cruiser Category of the World Solar Challenge with their four-person solar car Stella. The news was announced in Adelaide, Australia on Sunday.

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Campus Student
11/10/2013

Stella sure of top three in Australia

Stella will definitely be in the top three in Australia. And if Saturday’s jury report is a positive one, the solar car of Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) will win the Cruiser category of the World Solar Challenge.

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Student
09/10/2013

Tough luck for Stella, but it’s ok

During today’s fourth heat, Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) suffered a minor setback for the first time during the World Solar Challenge. Stella had to pull over for a new tire, and the team had to fix a cable. It was partly due to this delay that the Eindhoven solar car finished behind direct competition Germany and Australia. But because Stella raced with four passengers, STE is still the best team in the virtual overall ranking.

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Student
08/10/2013

Stella: the car to beat even with four passengers

Solar Team Eindhoven’s Family Car Stella was the fastest on day three of the World Solar Challenge. It was the first time Stella traveled with four passengers on board (including the driver). Notwithstanding the packed car they managed to cover over 500 kilometers going almost 100 km/h on average, and reaching top speeds of 120 km/h.

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Student
07/10/2013

Solar team Eindhoven on schedule in Australia

During the first two days of the 2013 World Solar Challenge, solar-powered family car Stella created by TU/e was the fastest car in the Cruiser category. After setting the fastest time in the first run on Sunday, yesterday Stella had only the German team from Bochum to fear, which finished just behind them. So far, the family cars have traveled 988 kilometers of the three-thousand-kilometer track from Darwin to Adelaide.

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