The Netherlands’ sun-powered Nuna9 race car wins the World Solar Challenge

The Dutch have done it once again. Nuon, the superstar team from the Netherlands, won its third straight championship in the World Solar Challenge, a 1,860-mile (3,000k) solar car race across Australia’s outback. Since 1987, the World Solar Challenge has driven the conversation about solar energy and its potential. In 2017, the race began in Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, with its final destination in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia and the fifth largest city on the continent. At race’s end, a strong Dutch crowd, chanting "Nuna! Nuna!", turned out to support the Nuna9 as it cruised to victory. The University Team came in second, followed by Belgium’s Punch Powertrain.

The Netherlands’ sun-powered Nuna9 race car wins the World Solar Challenge