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ACentauri Solar Racing
aCentauri Solar Racing is a student-led team based in Zurich that designs and builds their own Solar car, solar race cars to compete in the World Solar Challenge, Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia. It was founded in spring 2022 by a group of six students from ETH Zurich and has since grown to over 100 members and participated in two major solar racing competitions. Solar cars ''Aletsch'' Developed and built for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2023, ''Aletsch'' is the first vehicle from aCentauri Solar Racing. Its development started with the beginning of the academic year of ETH Zurich in September 2022 as part of a focus project, with the goal to compete in the challenger class. The car had its official rollout on August 11, 2023, after less than 11 months of development. The car seats one driver only, weighs 188 kg, and has a top speed of 120 km/h. Its distinctive silhouette was the result of a design philosophy that placed as much solar area as possibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
