STUDENT IN FOCUS
WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! KU Leuven’s Innoptus Solar Team finished first at the World Solar Car Challenge in Australia. In doing so, they grab gold for the second time as the Leuven engineering students also won the previous edition in 2019. Team leader Cedric Verlinden talks about an unparalleled adventure.
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n 22 October 2023, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge got underway in Darwin. Forty-two student teams from thirty-five different countries appeared at the start. Mission: to cover the 3021 km between Darwin and Adelaide with a self-built solar car, a route that runs through the Australian desert from the furthest north to the deepest south.
