The Solutra is the first solar car

Solar car

A solar vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic cells contained in solar panels convert the sun's energy directly into electric energy. The term "solar vehicle" usually implies that solar energy is used to power all or part...

 designed by a group of students, the Raedthuys Solar Team, of the University of Twente. It participated in the 8th World Solar Challenge

World Solar Challenge

The World Solar Challenge is a solar-powered car race which covers through the Australian Outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.The race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations although some are fielded by high schools...

 in 2005 and finished 9th place. Another Dutch team won the race with their car Nuna

Nuna

Nuna is the name of a series of manned solar powered vehicles that won the World solar challenge in Australia four times in a row, in 2001 , 2003 , 2005 and 2007...

 3.

This solar car

Solar car racing

Solar car racing refers to competitive races of electric vehicles which are powered by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the car . The first solar car race was the Tour de Sol in 1985 which led to several similar races in Europe, USA and Australia...

 is the current FIA world record holder on the 1 km with a flying start. This record has been set on August 28, 2005 at the Gronausestraat in Enschede

Enschede

Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...

, The Netherlands.

Specifications

Length	4999mm
Width	1799mm
Height	800mm
Vehicle Weight	210 kg
Drag coefficient	0,08 CdA
Panel efficiency	24,5%
Battery capacity	5.5kWh
Top speed	125 km/h
1000 km average	85 km/h

See also

• The Twente One
  Twente One
  The Twente One is the second solar car developed by the University of Twente and Saxion University in 2007, and succeeds the SolUTra...
  
   TU car which succeeded the Solutra
• The Nuna 4 another Dutch solar car that won the 2007 World Solar Challenge.
• The main article about the Nuna
  Nuna
  Nuna is the name of a series of manned solar powered vehicles that won the World solar challenge in Australia four times in a row, in 2001 , 2003 , 2005 and 2007...
  
   series of Dutch solar cars.
• List of solar car teams