Editing World Solar Challenge (section)

=== 1987 ===
The first edition of the World Solar Challenge was run in 1987 when the winning entry, [[General Motors Corporation|GM]]'s [[Sunraycer]] won with an average speed of {{convert|67|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://140.112.14.7/~ifplab/solar/team.htm#1987 1987 World Solar Teams] IFP Lab Site, Retrieved 13 February 2021.</ref> [[Ford Australia]]'s "Sunchaser" came in second. The "[[Solar Resource]]", which came in 7th overall, was first in the Private Entry category.<ref name="sae-hist-elect-vehicle">{{cite book |last1=Wakefield |first1=Ernest H. |title=History of the Electric Automobile |date=1 October 1998 |publisher=SAE International |isbn=978-0-7680-0125-9 |url=https://www.sae.org/publications/books/content/r-187/ |access-date=13 February 2021 |format=Softbound}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="min-width:50em;"
! colspan=8 | Results
|-
! Position
! Car No.
! Team
! Country
! Car Name
! Race Timer (HRS:MIN)
! Avg. Speed (km/h)
! Avg. Speed (mi/h)
|-
| 1||88||[[General Motors]]||United States||''Sunraycer''||44:90||66.90||41.57
|-
| 2||7||Australian Ford ([[Aurora Solar Car|Aurora]])||Australia||''Sunchaser''||67:53||44.48||27.64
|-
| 3||17||Ingenieurschule, Biel||Switzerland||''Spirit of Biel''||69:97||42.94||26.68
|-
| 4||1||Australian Geographic||Australia||''Marsupial''||81:43||36.89||22.92
|-
| 5||15||[[Charles Darwin University]]||Australia||''Desert Rose''||95:45||31.47||19.55
|-
| 6||12||[[Chisholm Institute of Technology]]||Australia||''Desert Cat''||98:20||30.59||19.01
|-
| 7||11||Solar Resource Syndicate||Australia || || || ||
|-
| 8||19||[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]||United States ||[[Solectria Corporation|''Solectria 4'']] || || ||
|-
| 9||14||Alarus||Australia||''Alarus'' || || ||
|-
| 10||3||Chariot of the Sun||Denmark||''Chariot of the Sun'' || || ||
|-
| 11||5||Hoxan Corporation||Japan||''Pheobus II'' || || ||
|-
| 12||8||Morphett Vale High School||Australia||''Photon Flyer'' || || ||
|-
| 13||4||Semiconductor Energy Lab||Japan||''Southern Cross'' || || ||
|}