Closing the sixth day of competition, the solar car from the University of La Serena is in 7th place out of a total of 27 vehicles competing in the Challenger category, with 500 km still remaining. To go.

An outstanding participation is that of the Intikallpa V solar car from the University of La Serena, the only Latin American representative in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2019 in Australia, where it is currently located in 7th place out of 27 solar vehicles in competition in the Challenger category.

This is Intikallpa's third participation in this race, once again standing out among the top 10 solar cars in the world championship, where it competes with vehicles from universities from countries such as China, Holland, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, among others.

With only two days left in the competition, the ULS solar car has traveled a total of 2.431 km, being only 500 km away. of the goal.

Intikallpa Project

The solar car project, built by students and academics from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has the support of the University, through various units, in addition to the collaboration provided by different companies and institutions.

Unlike the predecessor vehicle (Intikallpa IV), in this new construction materials used in Formula 1 cars, fighter planes and sailboats were considered. It has a more aerodynamic design than the previous one, in its front part, which allows energy consumption to be reduced by 15%.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom