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Nuna7 is a solar-powered racing car in the Nuna series built by the Dutch Nuon Solar Team. The team finished first with Nuna7 at the World Solar Challenge 2013, a race of 3000 km through the outback of Australia. The Nuon Solar Team consisted of 16 students of Delft University of Technology.
World Solar Challenge 2013 - New regulations
The 2013 regulations had some major changes. All vehicles had to be designed with four wheels, and the driver compartment had to comply with new demands on safety. All teams had to rethink the design of their cars, Nuna7 was built as an asymmetric vehicle
Specifications Nuna 7
| Size | Length: 4,5 m Width: 1,85 m Height: 1,12 m |
| Mass, without driver | 190 kg |
| Driver | Minimum 80 kg (using added weights) |
| Number of wheels | 4 |
| Solar Cells | 391 (Monocrystalline silicon solar cells) |
| Motor | CSIRO InWheel Direct Drive Electric engine |
| Battery | 21 kg lithium-ion battery Capacity: 5.3 kWh |
| Body | Carbon fiber (textreme) with Twaron (aramidfibre) for parts that need extra driver protection / Titanium rollbar |
| Front wheel suspension | Leading arm suspension |
| Rear wheel suspension | Aluminium trailing arm with metal spring+shock absorber |
| Front brakes | Custom ceramic brakedisc / Aramid breaklines |
| Rear brakes | Regenerative brake |
| Tyres | (profiled tyres) |
| Rolling resistance | 10 times less than an average car |
| Air resistance | 12 times less than an average car. Design by R. Janssen. |
| Telemetry | WiFi to support car |
See also
- Nuna main article about the Nuna series of Dutch solar cars
- Solar car racing
- List of solar car teams