Gebrüder Weiss takes solar car to Australia
The international logistics company Gebrüder Weiss will transport an innovative solar car to Australia for the ‘aCentauri’ solar racing team of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. The World Solar Challenge will begin there at the end of October. 31 teams will cover the 3,000 km from Darwin across the outback to Adelaide using solar power alone.
The students have been working on this solar car for nearly a year. It is designed for durability and maximum energy efficiency.
"Of course, we’d like to win the race. But what’s equally important to us is taking an active role in developing efficient, environmentally sound solutions," says Alexandr Ebnöther, team manager at ‘aCentauri’. “With the support of Gebrüder Weiss, we can demonstrate that solar-powered cars and, by extension, sustainable mobility, are possible." (mk)