Das SolarBuggy ist Sehr Gut

摘要

HOPING TO SET A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD, students from a German university are building a solar vehicle that will be powered by the blazing, Australian desert sun. Students at Bochum University of Applied Sciences call their solar buggy "Froggee" Froggee is expected to survive a 224-mile jaunt across the Simpson Desert. The team is hoping to beat the existing standard of 4 days, 21 hours and 23 minutes, set in 2017. The race - from Purni Bore to Birdsville - will be held in 2019. "We wanted to take solar mobility off-road and use solar energy in an area it is suited best: the desert," said Birgit Reuter, a member of the 16-student team. Bochum students have been building solar vehicles since 1999. "It was just a small step for us to go from an Australian road to the Australian desert. And, there are not exactly a lot of deserts in Germany."