The Nuon Solar Team's Ready, Set Go(ld) event

The Nuon Solar Team and their solar racing car Nuna6 will travel to Australia by the end of August. On August 11th, 2011, they held a Ready, Set Go(ld) event to show the Nuna6 to their friends, families, sponsors and the press.

This video shows the Nuna6 entering the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, where the event took place, a speech by the team leader and race between the Nuna6 and its predecessor, the Nuna5.

I didn't have the time to subtitle this video, so here's a short summary of the race:

The Nuna6 is about 10% more efficient, aerodynamically speaking, than the Nuna5. To demonstrate this the battery of both cars were filled with only 25 Watt-hours of energy, and on this tiny amount of energy they raced each other to see which car would travel the furthest.

The Nuna5 exhausted its battery about 30% faster, proving the efficiency of the new car.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Nuon
• Solar
• Team
• Nun5
• Nuna6
• World
• Challenge

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Second place in the 2011 World Solar Challenge. Not the gold you intended, still a phenomenal performance. Congratulations!