Editing World Solar Challenge (section)

{{Short description|Solar-powered car race event}}
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{{Infobox motor race
| Race title             = Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
| Logo                   =[[Image:WorldSolarChallengeLogo.png]]
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| Series long            = World Solar Challenge
| Series short           = WSC
| Venue                  = Stuart Highway
| Location               = Australia
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| Sponsor                = [[Bridgestone]]
| First race             = 1987
| First series race      = 
| Last race              = 
| Distance               = {{convert|3022|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| Duration               = 4-7 days
| Previous names         = 
| Most wins driver       = 
| Most wins rider        = 
| Most wins team         = [[Nuna|Nuon]] (7) (Challenger) <br/> [[Solar Team Eindhoven|Eindhoven]] (Cruiser)
| Most wins manufacturer = 
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| Turns                  = 
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[[File:Australia ggc route.png|thumb|280px|3,000km route of World Solar Challenge.]]
[[File:Nuna3atZandvoort1.JPG|thumb|280px|Nuna 3 of seven time victors, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Nuna]] team]]
[[File:Solar Car Tokai Challenger.JPG|thumb|280px|The winner of 2009 Global Green Challenge, "Tokai Challenger", Japan [[Tokai University]] Solar Car Team]]

The '''World Solar Challenge''' ('''WSC'''), named the '''Bridgestone World Solar Challenge''' since 2013,<ref name="b-stone-sponsor-2017">{{cite web |title=Mission: Serving Society with Superior Quality |url=https://www.bridgestone.com/bwsc/passion/sponsorship.html |website=2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge |publisher=Bridgestone |access-date=13 February 2021 |language=en-US |date=2017}}</ref> is an international event for [[solar powered car]]s. The course is over 3,022 Kilometers (1,878 miles) through the [[Australian outback]], from [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] in the [[Northern Territory]] to [[Adelaide]] in [[South Australia]].The event was created in 1987 to encourage the development of [[solar-powered vehicle]]s <ref name="wsc-history">{{cite web |date=9 February 2021 |title=History |url=https://worldsolarchallenge.org/about |access-date=13 February 2021 |website=worldsolarchallenge.org |publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission |language=en}}</ref> and has been held fifteen times over its 32-year history.  

The World Solar Challenge usually held every two years, but the 2021 event<ref name="wsc-'21-cancel" /> was canceled, causing a four-year gap between the 2019 and 2023 events. The event was initially held once every three years, became biennial from the turn of the century.

The WSC attracts teams from [[universities]], [[corporation]]s, and [[high school]]s around the world. Team from [[Delft University of Technology]] ([[Netherlands]]), known as the [[Nuna|Nuna team and cars]], have won seven out of ten races since 2001. 

Since 2007, the WSC has included multiple vehicle classes. In 2013, a radically new ''"Cruiser Class"'' was introduced, promotes the technological development of practical, road-legal, and multi-seater solar vehicles.

Technological progress has been achieved since the [[General Motors]] took led. Competing cars from an average speed of 66.9 km/h in 1987 to 88.5 km/h in 1996, then reach 100 km/h by 2005.

The WSC held its [https://www.bridgestone.com/bwsc/about/overview.html#:~:text=Event%20OverviewThe%20World's%20Greatest%203%2C000km&text=The%20event%20is%20divided%20into,is%20an%20excellent%20educational%20experience. 30th anniversary event] on 8–15 October 2017.