Editing World Solar Challenge (section)

=== 2023 ===
The 2023 World Solar Challenge was held from October 22-29. At the beginning of the race, 31 teams were participating, with 23 in the Challenger division and 8 in the Cruiser division.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charging towards the future…31 teams off to chase the sun… {{!}} World Solar Challenge 2023 |url=https://worldsolarchallenge.org/blogs/2023/10/22/charging_towards_the_future31_teams_off_to_chase_the_sun |website=worldsolarchallenge.org |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> The Challenger division was won by defending champions Innoptus (formerly Agoria) with an average speed of 88.2km/h, and the Cruiser division was won by [[UNSW Sunswift]] with a score of 91.1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Solar Challenge 2023 |url=https://worldsolarchallenge.org/dashboard/timing?day=7&class=6 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=worldsolarchallenge.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World Solar Challenge 2023 |url=https://worldsolarchallenge.org/dashboard/timing |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=worldsolarchallenge.org}}</ref> Uniquely, no Cruisers were able to finish the race this year.

Many of the leading teams faced trouble during the competition. Dutch team Top Dutch raced on a perovskite-tandem solar array damaged from testing in the month leading up to race. [[University of Michigan Solar Car Team|Michigan]] experienced electrical issues during qualifying and had to start last. German team Sonnenwagen was blown off the road just outside of [[Port Augusta|Port Agusta]] and had to withdraw due to new regulations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Day 5: We are out of the race! |url=https://www.sonnenwagen.org/news/day-5-we-are-out-of-the-race |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Team Sonnenwagen Aachen |language=en-US}}</ref> Tokai had to stop for several hours on Day 4 to repair their car after sustaining damage from crossing a cattle grid. Kogakuin had consistent problems with their [[Maximum power point tracking|MPPT]] charge controller, and reported in an Instagram post that their panels were generating less than half the power than they should have been.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy0juDISvH1/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> On the fifth day of the competition, only 4 teams (Innoptus, Twente, Brunel, and Michigan) had finished the course, and by the official end of timing, only 12 teams made it to the finish line successfully.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="min-width:50em;"
! colspan=6 | Challenger results
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| '''Rank''' || '''Team''' || '''Car name''' || '''Country''' || '''Distance''' (km) || '''Average speed''' (km/h)
|-
| 1 || [[:nl:Innoptus Solar Team|Innoptus Solar Team]] || Infinite || Belgium || 3022 || 88.65
|- 
| 2 || [[Solar Team Twente]] || RED X || Netherlands || 3022 || 87.78
|-
| 3 || [[Brunel Solar Team]] || Nuna 12 || Netherlands || 3022 || 83.07
|-
| 4 || [[University of Michigan Solar Car Team]] || Astrum || United States || 3022 || 79.3
|-
| 5 || [[Tokai University Solar Car Team]] || Tokai Challenger || Japan || 3022 || 74.6
|-
| 6 || [[Top Dutch Solar Racing]] || Green Thunder || Netherlands || 3022 || 72.9
|-
| 7 || [[JU Solar Team]] || Axelight || Sweden || 3022 || 65.2
|-
| 8 || [[Kogakuin University Solar Team]] || Koga || Japan || 3022|| 64.9
|-
| 9 || [[Western Sydney Solar Team]] || Unlimited 5.0 || Australia || 3022 || 64.7
|-
| 10 || [[Eclipse ÉTS]]|| Eclipse XI|| Canada || 3022 || 64.2
|-
| 11 || [[Durham University Solar Car]] || DUSC2023 || United Kingdom || 3022 || 62.9
|-
| 12 || [[aCentauri Solar Racing]] || Aletsch || Switzerland || 3022 || 61.4
|-
| 13 || [[Sonnenwagen Aachen |Team Sonnenwagen Aachen]] || Covestro Adelie || Germany || 2718 || 78.8
|-
| 14 || [[Goko High School]] || Musoushin23  || Japan || 2718 || 59.6
|-
| 15 || [[Blue Sky Solar Racing]] || Borealis || Canada || 2718 || 59.3
|-
| 16 || [[Chalmers Solar Team]] || Allsvinn || Sweden || 2718 || 55.8
|-
| 17 || [[Adelaide University Solar Racing Team]] || Lumen II || Australia || 1210 || 50.2
|-
| 18 || [[Halmstad University Solar Team]] || Sven || Sweden || 987|| 46.9
|-
| 19 || [[Wakayama University Solar Car Team]] || Orca || Japan || 632 || 44.6
|-
| 20 || [[ITU ZES Solar Car Team]] || ARIBA ZES XE || Turkey || 332 || 52.7
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| 21 || [[ANU Solar Racing]] || Solar Spirit || Australia || 332 || 36.3
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| 22 || [[TeamArrow]] || Arrow 3 || Australia || || 
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| 23 || [[TUCN Solar Racing Team]] || SolisEV3 || Romania || || 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="min-width:50em;"
! colspan="6" | Cruiser results
|-
| '''Rank''' || '''Team''' || '''Car name''' || '''Country''' || '''Points''' 
|-
|-
| 1 || Sunswift Racing || SUNSWIFT 7 || Australia|| 91.1 || 
|-
| 2 || University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project || Gaia || USA || 22.4 || 
|-
| 3 || Solaride || Solaride 2 || Estonia || 14.7 || 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="min-width:50em;"
! colspan="6" | Adventure results
|}