Delft University recently unveiled a sleek solar-powered vehicle that they hope will score them their fifth trophy in the World Solar Challenge race.
The Nuna 5 is the newest solar racing car which is currently being built by the Nuon Solar Team. Nuna 5 will compete in the 2009 World Solar Challenge starting october 25. The solar car is built by the Noun Solar Team. This year’s Nuon Solar Team consists of 14 students from Delft University of Technology. Like previous years, Dutch energy supplier Nuon is the main sponsor of the team. The team is assisted and advised by professor and former astronaut Wubbo Ockels.
The Nuna 5 solar racer has big improvements in weigth and solar cell efficiency over it's predecessors.