This is a list of solar car racing teams.
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Vehicle Association | 1987 | 5+ | 101 | 101 | URL |
| Lake Tuggeranong College Solar Car Association (Lake Tuggeranong College) | 1995 | 2 | ACTEW Spirit of Canberra no longer active | 5, 10 | |
| Sol Invictus - ANU (Australian National University) | 2015 | 2 | MTAA SuperCharge 2 | 41 | URL |
| Sungroper (Sungroper Solar Car Association) | 2001 | 2+ | Sungroper 3 | 6 | URL |
| Sunshark (University of Queensland) | 1996 | 1 | no longer active | URL | |
| UNSW Solar Racing Team (University of New South Wales) | 1995 | 5 | Sunswift eVe | 75 | URL |
| Western Sydney Solar Team (Western Sydney University) | 2012 | 4 | UNLIMITED 3.0 | 15 | URL |
| Team Arrow (Team Arrow Racing Association) | 2012 | 2 | ArrowSTF | 30 | URL |
| MTAA Super Solar Racing (Australian National University) | 2015 | 3 | Super Charge 3.0 | URL | |
| TAFE South Australia Solar Vehicle Team (TAFE South Australia) | 2000 to 2020 | 3 | Kelly, SolarSpirit, SAV (no longer active) | 42 |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agoria Solar Team (KU Leuven) | 2004 | 9 | BluePoint | 8 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USP Solar (University of São Paulo) | 1997 | 1 | The Banana Enterprise | 88 | URL |
| Team name(Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emu Alpha (Adolfo Ibáñez University) | 2017 | 1 | Emu Alpha | 11 | URL |
| Eolian (University of Chile) | 2007 | 5 | Eolian Fénix | URL | |
| ESUS Solar Team (University of Santiago, Chile) | 2011 | 3 | Apolo 3 | URL | |
| Antakari Solar Team (University of La Serena) | 2011 | 3 | Intikallpa 3 | URL | |
| Equipo Solar (University of Concepción) | 2011 | 2 | Antünekul | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAFIT-EPM Solar Car Team (EAFIT University) | 2012 | 2 | Primavera | 05 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solvogn Danmark (Sønderborg Teknikum) | 1986 | 3 | TheThird (1996) | 23 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helios | 1992 | 4 | Helios IV | 4 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS Bochum Solar Car Team (Hochschule Bochum) | 1999 | 6 | thyssenkrupp SunRiser | 11 | URL |
| Sonnenwagen Aachen (RWTH Aachen University and FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences) | 2015 | 4 [1] | Covestro Adelie [1] | 7 [2] | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Patras | 2005 | 1 | HERMES II (Unfinished) | |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electro-X India (Galgotias University) | 2017 | 1 | V1 | ||
| DJS Helios (Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering) | 2015 | 3 | TBA | URL | |
| D.T.U Solar Car (D.T.U {DCE}) | 2006 | 4 | Arka | SOLARIS007 | URL |
| NSIT Solar Car (NSIT) | 2007 | 4 | Phoenix 1 | 99 | URL |
| SolarMobil Manipal - (Manipal Institute of Technology Solar Car) (Manipal Institute of Technology) | 2011 | 4 | SM-S2 (5th Car in progress) | URL | |
| RVCE Solar Car Team (R.V. College of Engineering) | 2013 | 2 | Arka | 34 | URL |
| Team Hyperion (Sinhgad College of Engineering) | 2016 | 2 | INFINITI 4.0 | 3 | URL |
| Team Saurveg (Finolex Academy of Management and Technology Ratnagiri Maharashtra) | 2016 | 3 | SOLEX | URL | |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persian Gazelle Solar Car Team (University of Tehran) | 2004 | 4 | Persian Gazelle IV | 38 | URL |
| Havin Solar Car Team (Qazvin Islamic Azad University) | 2009 | 2 | HAVIN 2 | 73 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onda_solare (University of Bologna) | 2003 | 4 | Emilia 4 | 9 | URL |
| Futuro Solare (Futuro Solare Association) | 2006 | 2 | Archimede1.1 | 7 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia University | 2013 | 1 | Ben Ben | 1 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita University | |||||
| Ashiya University Solar Car Project | 1992 | 3 | Ashiya SkyAceTIGA | URL | |
| Honda | 1990 | 3 | Honda Dream | 3 | |
| Junk Yard | 1998 | 1 | Spirit of Junkyard | 16 | URL |
| Kyocera and Kitami Institute of Technology | 1987 | Son of Sun | 77 | ||
| Mitsubishi Materials | 1996 | 1 | Sun Challenger | 33 | |
| Nagoya Institute of Technology | 1992 | URL | |||
| Tokai University | 1991 | 9 | Tokai Challenger Tokai Spirit Tokai Falcon | 60 11 3 | URL URL |
| Toyota | 1989 | ? | Toyota RaRa X | 8 | |
| Osaka Institute of Technology | Iris Type ONE | URL | |||
| Osaka Sangyo University | OSU Model S | URL | |||
| Kanazawa Institute of Technology | 1999 | 4 | KIT Golden Eagle4 | URL | |
| Team Shimon | |||||
| Hama Zero | |||||
| TEAM SUNLAKE | 1993 | 12 | SUNLAKE EVO | URL | |
| Hoxan | |||||
| Team Jona Sun | 1994 | 6 | RAZARTE Jona Sun | 9 | URL |
| Ritsumeikan University | Vi-mana09 | URL | |||
| Tottori University | |||||
| Waseda University | 1990 | Sky Blue Waseda | |||
| Yamaguchi University | URL | ||||
| Zero to Darwin Project | 1991 | 3 | 151 | URL | |
| Team OKINAWA | 2009 | 3 | LEQUION | 90 | URL |
| Kogakuin University | 2009 | 3 | OWL | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITS Solar Car Racing Team (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya) | 1985 | 4 | Sapu Angin Surya | 32 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTM Solar Car Team (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) | 1995 | 2 | Suriakar 2 | 9 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mines Rabat Solar Team (École nationale supérieure des mines de Rabat) | 2013 | 4 | Eleadora 2 | 2 | WebSite |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuon Solar Team (Delft University of Technology) | 2001 | 10 | Nuna X | 3 | URL |
| Solar Team Twente (University of Twente) | 2004 | 8 | Red E | 21 | URL |
| Solar Team Eindhoven (Eindhoven University of Technology) | 2012 | 4 | Stella Vita | 40 | URL |
| Top Dutch Solar Racing (Hanzehogeschool Groningen and University of Groningen) Contents
| 2017 | 2 | Green Spirit | 6 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | 67 | pakistani 12 | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Samba (NED University, Karachi) | 1987 | 1 |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGH Eko-Energia (AGH University of Science and Technology) | 2022 | 0 | Perła | 1 | URL |
| Lodz Solar Team (Lodz University of Technology) | 2014 | 2 | Eagle 2 | 45 | URL |
| PUT Solar Dynamics (Poznań University of Technology) | 2018 | 1 | Klara | 777 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Engineering Research Racing Team (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez) | 1989 | 4 | El Wanabi | 787 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seraaj Team (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals) | 2011 | 2 | Wahj1 & Wahj2 | 63 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UJ Solar (University of Johannesburg) | 2011 | 2 | Ilanga I.I | 7 | URL |
| Wits Solar Car (University of the Witwatersrand) | 2010 | 2 | Parhelion | 3 | URL |
| Sunna (Divwatt) | 2008 | 1 | Sunna | 15 | URL |
| Advanced Energy Foundation (Non-profit Group) | 2008 | 1 | Sanyo Iritron | 12 | URL |
| Deutsche Schule Johannesburg (German Intl high school) | 2009 | 1 | tba | 1 | URL |
| NWU Solar Team (North-West University) | 2012 | 5 | Naledi 2.0 | 23 | URL |
| UKZN Solar Team (University of KwaZulu-Natal) | 2012 | 2 | iKlwa | 31 | URL |
| TUT Solar Car Team (Tshwane University of Technology) | 2012 | 4 | Sunchaser 4 | 4 | URL |
| Sonke (St. Alban's College and St. Augustine's LEAP School) | 2018 | 1 | Siyakude | 24 | URL |
| CUT Solar Racing Team (Central University of Technology) | 2018 | 2 | Seilatsatsi | 22 | URL |
| Genuine JV (HTS John Vorster) | 2022 | 1 | Voltwagen | 60 | URL |
| Team UFS (University of the Free State) | 2022 | 1 | Lengau | 99 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JU Solar Team (Jönköping University) | 2013 | 4 | Axelent | 46 | URL |
| Chalmers Solar Team (Chalmers University of Technology) | 2019 | 1 | Alfrödull | 51 | URL |
| Halmstad University Solar Team (Halmstad University, Sweden) | 2019 | 1 | Heart 3 | 23 | URL |
| MDH Solar Team (Mälardalen University College) | 2017 | 2 | Viking | 22 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit of Biel (Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bienne) | 1987 | 4 | |||
| Heliox Solar Team (Dominic de Vries) | 2007 | 1 | |||
| SWISSPIRIT [3] | 2009 | 1 | SWISSPIRIT | 71 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TurkMekatronik Solar Car Team (Kocaeli University) | 2000 | 7 | GAYRET | URL | ||
| Anadolu Solar Team (Anadolu University) | 2006 | 4 | Sunatolia 2 | 26 | URL | |
| ORET (Gaziantep University) | 2005 | 4 | ORETRON-2 | 27 | URL | |
| ATILIM SOLLAR (Atılım University) | 2003 | 2 | HASAT, MELIH TURGUT | URL | ||
| OSCAR Solar Car Team (Eskişehir Osmangazi University) | 2009 | 2 | OSCAR/9 | 009 | URL | |
| METU Robot Society (Middle East Technical University) | 2003 | 3 | ODTU-TEK | URL | ||
| SAITEM-Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Application Community (Sakarya University) | 2003 | 5 | SAGUAR II | 6 | URL | |
| Boğaziçi University Solar Car Team (Boğaziçi University) | 2006 | 2 | Theia | 59R | URL | |
| EGETET (Ege University) | 2006 | 1 | EgEFE, EgEFE+, EgEFE jr. | URL | ||
| H.Ü. Formula G Team (Hacettepe University) | 2007 | 2 | Hünkar, Hünkar-D | #23, Unknown | URL | |
| SOCRAT (Istanbul University) | 2008 | 5 | SOCRAT'12 | 1 | URL | |
| ITU Solar Car Team (Istanbul Technical University) | 2003 | 9 | B.O.W. | 34 | URL | |
| EcoMagnesia Solar Car Team (Celal Bayar University) | 2007 | 4 | Bayaraba, Magar, Tarzan I, Tarzan II | URL | ||
| METU SoularCAR TEAM (Middle East Technical University) | 2003 | 2 | SoularCar 1&2 | URL | ||
| SOLAMAR (Marmara University) | 2006 | 1 | Marti | |||
| Solar Team Solaris (Dokuz Eylül University) | 2003 | 12 | S11 | 81 | URL | |
| Yenerji (Middle East Technical University) | 2006 | 1 | Myst | |||
| YTU Ae2 Project (Yıldız Technical University) | 2010 | 2 | Ae2 Solar | 418 (SEM) | URL | |
| YTU AESK (Yıldız Technical University) | 2004 | 7 | Barracuda X | URL | ||
| Hitit Gunesi Solar Car Team (Ankara University) | 2003 | 2 | Günebakan | URL | ||
| YASARGUNES1 Yasar University | 2009 | 2 | YASAR GUNES-1, YASAR GUNES-2 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PI Solar Car Team (The Petroleum Institute) | 2014 | 1 | YAS | 1 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham University Solar Car (Durham University) | 2002 | 4 | DUSC2023 | 20 | URL |
| Cambridge University Eco Racing (University of Cambridge) | 2007 | 5 | Mirage | URL | |
| UCL SolarFox (University College London) | 2007 | 1 | SolarFox3 | URL | |
| Edinsolar (University of Edinburgh) | 2014 | 1 | TBA | 1 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App State Solar Vehicle Team | 2015 | 2 | ROSE | 828 | URL | |
| Arizona Solar Racing Team (University of Arizona) | 1997 | 5 | Drifter 2.0 | 8 | URL | |
| Arizona State University Solar Vehicle Team (Arizona State University) | 1990 | 2 | Sun Devil Cruiser | URL | ||
| Belmont Solar Car Team (Belmont High School) | 2011 | 1 | URL | |||
| Bloomington High School South Solar Racing (Bloomington High School South) | 1997 | 5 | Komachi | URL | ||
| CalSol - UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team (University of California, Berkeley) | 1991 | 9 | Tachyon | 6 | URL | |
| Cal State LA Solar Car Team (California State University, Los Angeles) | 1990 | 3 | Solar Eagle III | 8 | URL | |
| Georgia Southern University Solar Vehicle Team (Georgia Southern University) | 2007 | 1 | URL | |||
| Georgia Tech Solar Racing (Georgia Institute of Technology) | 2001 | 3 | Endurance [4] | 49 | URL | |
| Hypernova Solar (George Mason University) | 2018 | 1 | Orion | 77 | URL | |
| Illini Solar Car (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign) | 2014 | 2 | Brizo | 22 | URL | |
| Illinois State University Solar Race Team (Illinois State University) | 2004 | 6 | Mercury 6 | 17 | URL | |
| KSU Solar Racing Team (Kansas State University) | 1995 | 5 | ReParagon (2008) | 28 | URL | |
| KSU Solar Vehicle Team (Kennesaw State University) | 2016 | URL | ||||
| LATI Solar Car Team Lake Area Technical Institute | 2012 | 1 | Tombstone | |||
| Los Altos Solar Vehicle Team Los Altos High School | 2001 | Solar Shadow III | ||||
| Michigan State University (Michigan State University) | 2010 | 2 | Leonidas | 13 | URL | |
| Missouri S&T Solar Car Team (Missouri University of Science and Technology) | 1991 | 12 | Independence | 42 | URL | |
| MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | 1985 | 15 | Nimbus | 4 | URL | |
| Mizzou Solar Car Team (University of Missouri) | 1992 | 6 | SunTiger VI | 43 | URL | |
| Montana State University (Montana State University) | 1995 | 2 | Double Black Diamond | 406 | URL | |
| Newburgh Free Academy Solar Racing Team (NFA Solar Racing Team) | 2007 | Sol Machine VII | URL | |||
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Solar Car Team (New Jersey Institute of Technology) | 2017 | 1 | Eleos | 86 | URL | |
| NUsolar (Northwestern University) | 1999 | 6 | sc6 | 11 | URL | |
| Ohio State Solar Vehicle Team (Ohio State University) | 1993 [5] | 1 | Firefly | URL | ||
| Oregon Solar Car Team (Bend-LaPine School District) | 2007 | 3 | Lumidos | URL | ||
| Oregon State University Solar Vehicle Team (Oregon State University) | 2005 | 3 | Phoenix | 256 | URL | |
| Prairie View A&M University Solar Car Team (Prairie View A&M University) | 1995 | 1 | ||||
| Principia Solar Car Team (Principia College) | 1991 | 11 | Ra XI | 32 | URL | |
| Project SARA (Project SARA) | 2007 | 1 | SARA I | 1 | URL | |
| PrISUm (Iowa State University) | 1989 | 14 | Eliana | 9 | URL | |
| Purdue Solar Racing (Purdue University) | 1991 | 10 | Lux | 314 | URL | |
| Rice Solar Car Team (Rice University) | 2010 | 1 | Enterprise | 103 | URL | |
| Rose-Hulman Solar Phantom (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) | 1990 | 6 | Solar Phantom VI | 74 | URL | |
| RPI Solar Car Racing Team (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) | 2008 | 2 | 'Photon' | URL | ||
| Rutgers Solar Car Team (Rutgers University) | 2009 | 1 | Solar Jeffreys | 1 | URL | |
| SIUE Solar Car Racing Team (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) | 2004 | 4 | Nova | 57 | URL | |
| SOL of Auburn (Auburn University) | 1989 | 6 | "TIGER" | 7 | URL | |
| Solar Racing Team at TTU (Texas Tech University) | 2009 | 1 | Raider 1 | 23 | URL | |
| SolarPack (North Carolina State University) | 2017 | 1 | 99 | URL | ||
| SPHS Solar Knights (South Plantation High School) | 2005 | 3 | The Solar Knight III | URL | ||
| Stanford solar car project (Stanford University) | 1989 | 14 | Black Mamba | 16 | URL | |
| Sunseeker (Western Michigan University) | 1990 | 9 | Aethon | 786 | URL | |
| Sunsetters NDSU Solar Race Team (North Dakota State University) | 2001 | 2 | Prairie Fire GT | 22 | URL | |
| Team New England (MIT) (no longer affiliated) (UMASS Lowell) (no longer affiliated) (Northern Essex Community College) (historic affiliation) | 1993 | 5 | 28 | URL | ||
| Texas A&M Solar Racing Team (Texas A&M University) | 1993 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Triton Solar Car (University of California, San Diego) | 2015 | URL | ||||
| West Point (United States Military Academy) | 1995 | 1 | Onondaga | 27 | URL | |
| University of Florida Solar Gators (University of Florida) | 2014 | 3 | Sunrider | 5 | URL | |
| University of Kentucky Solar Car Team (University of Kentucky) | 1999 | 6 | Gato del Sol VI | 3 | URL | |
| University of Michigan Solar Car Team (University of Michigan) | 1989 | 16 | Aevum | 2 | URL | |
| University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project (University of Minnesota) | 1990 | 14 | Freya | 35 | URL | |
| University of Texas Solar Vehicle Team (University of Texas at Austin) | 1988 | 9 | Lonestar | URL | ||
| University of Toledo Solar Car Team (University of Toledo) | 2010 | 1 | URL | |||
| University of Utah Solar Vehicle Design Team University of Utah | 2001 | 1 | Steel Sun Beast | URL | ||
| UVA Solar Car Team (University of Virginia) | 1998 | 3 | Solar Revolution III | 87 | URL | |
| Viking XX Team (Western Washington University) | 1990 | 1 | 20 | URL | ||
| Winston Solar Car Team (The Winston School) | 1990 | 9 | The Hunter | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USB Solar (Universidad Simón Bolívar) | 2005 | 2 | KÄI CS2 | 8 | URL |
| Team name (Affiliation) | Year started | Number of cars | Current car | Car # | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Fern (Solar Fern Racing) | 2006 | 1 | Solar Fern | 35 | URL |
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