Ecofun Tours is a company specialized in electric scooters, buggys, etc... They will have their vehicles available during the European Solar Challenge to perform as a green shuttle service for those who need it. More information about this company and their project can be found on the website of Ecofun Tours: http://www.ecofuntours.be
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PAK Limburg will perform all measurements
PAK Limburg (Provinciaal Autosport Komitee Limburg) has confirmed that they will perform all measurements and timing during the challenges. The chronometric equipment of PAK Limburg is officially callibrated and they have experience with many other events so we are very proud to have their participation in the European Solar Challenge.
Support confirmed
RACB (Royal Automobile Club Belgium) confirmed officialy their support to the European Solar Challenge.
Participating teams
The follow teams confirmed officialy their entry:
- Umicore Solar Team (B)
- Solar Team Twente (NL)
- Solar Team HS-Bochum (D)
- Helios Solar Team (F)
- Cambridge University Eco Racing (UK)
- Solar Team HS-Zuyd (NL) (open class)
Futech helps keeping the European Solar Challenge green
Futech, a young but already renowned company specialized in green energy and solar panels, will help ensuring that the European Solar Challenge is a totally green event.
By using solar energy to generate the required electricity for the event, we want to do our part to work on a green and clean future. We are thus very happy to announce that we have found a partner in Futech that wants to help us do this.
More information about Futech can be found on their website at http://www.futech.be.
Bas Leinders will attend the European Solar Challenge
Bas Leinders has promised to attend the European Solar Challenge the 26th of september.
Leinders was one of the most successful Belgian racing drivers of the nineties and the beginning of the 21st century. He started his career in karting, winning his very first race. At the age of 14 he was already a European Champion beating Jarno Trulli, Ralph Firman and others. In 1992 Bas was an official works driver for the Italian Tony-Kart outfit.
Bas Leinders was pre-selected several times by journalists for the title “Belgian Sportsman of the Year”. He was crowned “Champion of Belgium” in 2001 by the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium, the award presented by Crown-prince of Belgium, Prince Philippe. He also won the Golden Helmet in 2004 for his performances in Formula One with the Minardi F1 Team.
More information about Bas Leinders can be found on his website: http://www.basleinders.be.
Once upon a time ... The story of the European Solar Challenge.
Two years already, Rotary Club Genk Staelen organises the event "Nature for Life" in a unique natural Park of over 5700 ha in the heart of the Euregio (Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany)
More than 10.000 visitors experienced the unique combination of the beauty of nature, combined with the attractiveness of military airforce base with a lot of interaction between visitors and participants.
But how to use the beautiful landing strip of 3200 meters in an ecological way was the question we asked ourselves?
Inviting a SOLAR CAR seemed to be the right answer for the 2010 edition. Nobody at that moment believed that one year later, we would have the First edition of the European Solar Challenge.
For the NFL commission of Rotary, for this project under the leading power of Frans Joseph Joosten and Luc Coenen, were several solar teams contacted by Frans-Joseph around Europe and he had positive responses from all the teams.
But how to put this in "the right way"?
Six teams confirmed
The European Solar Challenge is proud to announce that already six teams have confirmed that they will be attending the event. These teams can be considered amongst the best solar car teams in the world, so we can be sure of an exciting event.
The teams that have confirmed their presence are: the Solar Team Twente from the Netherlands, the Umicore Solar Team from Belgium (second place in the World Solar Challenge 2007), the Hochschule Bochum Solar Car from Germany, the Helios Solar Team from France, the CUER team from the UK and the Solar Team HS-Zuyd also from the Netherlands.
More information about these teams, and pictures of their cars, can be found on the Teams-page.
Program updated
The program of the first European Solar Challenge has been updated and can be found on the program-page. More details will be added soon, but it already looks very promising and interesting!
Welcome to the website of the European Solar Challenge
Welcome to this brand new website. Soon you will find here all the information about the European Solar Challenge. A new and exciting event to gather solar cars from around Europe.
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