Press Releases

In Principle Support from the South Australian Government

September 2009
Honary Michael O'Brien MP and the South Australian Government gives support in principle to the Solar Spirit Australia project.

EICTA Collaborates on Solar Spirit

June 2009
Steve Adcock Chief Executive EICTA Endorsement of Solar Spirit Australia objectives

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Solar Car Blog

results

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:25:14 +0000

World Solar Challenge results are not final, being subject to a protest. This is not likely to affect SolarSpirit’s placing of 32 out of 37. The results for our team are resoundingly possitive; no breakdowns, safe journey, great student outcomes, extremely positive press and encouraging peer reviews.

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More testing

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:02:59 +0000

SolarSpirit Friday 18th Nov 2011 Staff and students of TAFE SA had improved the solar car in recent weeks. Testing on the Port Wakefield Road this Friday centered around the suitability of running the second motor. Three of our World Solar Challenge drivers were available for the testing. In addition we had the media crew from LMU and several marketing [...]