The 1990 Hoxan World Solar Challenge was the second international solar-powered car race held in Australia. It covered about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia. The event finished at the McLaren Vale.
The race was won by a team from the Swiss Biel Ingenieurschule team (now Berner Fachhochschule) with the car 'Spirit of Biel II' in 46 hours and 10 minutes at an average speed of 65.18 km/h, ahead of entries from Honda and the University of Michigan. 30 cars were entered in the event, five retired.
Route The World Solar Challenge runs across approximately 3,000 km from Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
Results The 1990 event marked the first and only time a Swiss team has won the World Solar Challenge. Rank TeamCar Country Time (hr:min) Speed (km/h) 1Biel College of EngineeringSpirit of Biel IISwitzerland46.1365 2Honda R&DDreamJapan55.0055 3University of MichiganSunrunnerUnited States57.2553 4HoxanPheobus IIIJapan57.3553 5Western Washington UniversityViking XXUnited States58.2054 6Australian Energy Research LaboratoryAuroraAustralia59.9050 7University of MarylandPride of MarylandUnited States60.7150 8Crowder CollegeStar IIUnited States62.9648 9Team BarossaTeam BarossaAustralia63.2948 10Cal State LASolar EagleUnited States67.7644 11California State Polytechnic University PomonaSolar FlairUnited States68.0344 12Northern Territory UniversityDesert RoseAustralia69.6143 13Monash University / Melbourne UniversityParhelionAustralia69.8143 14Kyocera-Kitami Institute of TechnologyBlue EagleJapan71.3842 15Star Micronics Pty Ltd.Solar StarAustralia80.0638 16Simon Co LtdCSK Simon 90Japan90.9433 17Dimitri Lajovic (Alarus)AlarusAustralia94.7132 18Konawaena High School United States96.2131 19Dripstone High SchoolAquilaAustralia96.5731 20Annesley CollegeEOSAustralia96.8331 21Hirotaka OyabuSofixJapan96.8330 22Waseda University Japan96.8330 23Stewart ListerSolar KiwiNew Zealand96.8329 24Queens UniversitySun QuestCanada96.8326 25Aisin Seiki Co/AISOLAisolJapan96.8325 26YamawakiNinjaJapan96.8322 27Solar Research Association 96.8321 28Semiconductor Energy LabSouthern Cross IIJapan96.8321 29Helio DetHelio Det IGermany96.8320 30Michiro EguchiSolar JapanJapan96.8319 31Sonderborg TeknikumGrundfos/Solvogn DanmarkDenmark 32Morphett Value High SchoolPhoton FlyerAustraliaretired16 33Phil FarrandHoly CheatUKretired12 34Nobuaki HosokawaRyu Sei GoJapanretired3 35Mark Jensen retired13
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