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Sonnenwagen Aachen Takes Pole as 2025 World Solar Challenge Gets Underway in Darwin

A field of 34 student-built solar cars begins an endurance test across Australia.

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Overview

  • The German team earned first on the grid by setting the fastest lap in Saturday’s time trial.
  • Dutch entries occupied second and third on the starting order.
  • The race runs from Darwin to Adelaide over roughly 3,000 kilometres.
  • Driver Moritz Mitzel is piloting Team Sonnenwagen Aachen’s fifth-generation car.
  • The team says the vehicle reflects 1.5 years of development and five months of manufacturing.