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2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (22- 29 October) The world’s biggest solar challenge began in 1987 and is a 3,000-kilometre endurance adventure that occurs once every two years. The BWSC, has become the world’s foremost innovation challenge with teams from around the world vying to become the first to deliver sustainable solar powered electric vehicles. Teams are striving to make the Darwin start line on Sunday 22 October, in their bid to deliver the world’s most efficient solar electric car. Three classes of vehicle, Challenger, Cruiser and Adventure, will take on the Aussie outback in a contest of endurance, strategy, and innovation. The elite Challenger Class, powered only by the sun, is conducted in a single stage, from Darwin to Adelaide. 2023 will see the fifth running of the solar electric, Cruiser Class, created by the BWSC to change the way we think about what we drive and what fuels we use. For these practical electric vehicles, success is judged on a range of design and performance measures. Competing teams must make ambitious time windows at control stops to prove they can manage energy travelling over 1,000km before being allowed to charge externally at Tenant Creek and Coober Pedy. The stage is set for a total eclipse of past events and achievements. For event details go to: www.worldsolarchallenge.org