Just 18 days from now, the Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge will start. At this point in time, I have found 22 teams of which I have some indication that they’ll appear at the event’s starting line. Before we find out what they’re all up to, let’s take a look at a little “sub-overview” of team statuses. I’ve sorted the teams by one of three criteria:
- Clearly busy with preparations, recent activity, very good chance of appearing at the starting line (status GREEN)
- Some indications that they are preparing, but nothing recent and/or solid (status ORANGE)
- No indications at all of any preparation (status RED)
GREEN: Eco Solar Breizh, Hiroshima, NSIT, PI Solar Car Team, Solar Energy Racers, Arrow, Tokai University, Michigan
ORANGE: Okinawa, Illinois, Onda Solare, Punch Powertrain, Principia, Socrat
RED: CalSol, Fajer, HAVIN, Nagoya, Osaka Sangyo, Ashiya, Team Regalia
I’d be surprised if one of the ‘greens’ wouldn’t show up (except maybe Michigan, through no fault of their own), at least half of the ‘oranges’ will probably show up, and the ‘reds’ – well, your guess is as good as mine.
Please note that this classification is purely based upon what I could find out by searching the internet. It’s very likely I missed stuff, it’s possible that a team is working hard towards the event and doesn’t publish anything online, there might be a language barrier preventing me from finding their publications, etc. Still, I think it’ll be pretty good indication of the teams that’ll show up. And to be clear: I absolutely hope that all will show up!
Now let’s take a look at what the teams have been up to: Continue Reading →




