Over a dozen teams competed in the eight-day race spanning thousands of kilometres, with varying weather and altitude extremes adding to the complexities for designers.
CAPE TOWN - A team of Belgian students and engineers on Friday won a solar-powered car race in South Africa widely considered the most challenging for testing the technology.
The race, held every two years since its inauguration in 2008, kicked off on September 13 in Secunda in the country's northeast with 14 teams competing to the finish in Cape Town. The Innoptus car had a flat surface decked with photovoltaic panels and a white exterior, with narrow driver's seat sporting the number plate"SUN 08".
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