South African Solar Challenge

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The South African Solar Challenge 2008 is an epic, two-week race in solar-powered cars through the length and breadth of South Africa. Teams will have to build their own cars, design their own engineering systems and race those same machines through the most demanding terrain that solar cars have ever seen.

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South African Solar Challenge is on
South Africa has launched its first solar car race. Competitors will start the challenge in Johannesburg on 28th September 2008 and, if the weather holds, the challenge will end 4,150km later in Pretoria on 8th October 2008.

South African Solar Challenge on FIA Calendar
South African Solar Challenge is officially listed in the 2008 FIA AE Calendar

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