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UNSW’s solar car Jaycar Sunswift III has today broken Dick Smith’s world record for the fastest solar powered road trip from Perth to Sydney. The UNSW Solar Racing Team, which includes 11 students, the solar car and three support vehicles, left Perth’s Scarborough Beach at 7am on Wednesday 10 January. For the past 5 days they have traveled about 700km per day, averaging speeds of between 70 and 80km per hour. Finishing their journey in Sydney this morning, they beat the previous record by a massive 3 days. Jaycar Sunswift III completed the trip using nothing but solar radiation for fuel. What took 20 days about 25 years ago, when the original record was set, took the UNSW team just over 5 days thanks to 10 years of research and development along with advances in solar technology, aerodynamic design and materials. On the other hand, Australia’s top selling car, the Holden Commodore, is now less fuel efficient than the Model T Ford from the turn of last century. Trends such as this only worsen the climate change problem evidently failing to be addressed by manufacturers, consumers and government alike. Yael Augarten, Project Leader of the UNSW Solar Racing Team, said of the trip: “We have demonstrated with Jaycar Sunswift III that the future of transport is not with 100-year-old technology, but rather with innovative thought, light materials, efficient electric drive and solar power.” “We’ve crossed a continent which is heavily dependant on fossil fueled road transportation. But, for our solar car, we didn’t spend a cent on fuel, with Australia’s vast solar energy resource acting as an asset, not a burden. With this in mind, along with the reality of climate change and tightening oil supplies, it is clearly time to start thinking outside the box on transportation issues.” 
UNSW太阳队创造世界记录
UNSW的太阳能队Jaycar Sunswift III号车今天打破了Dick Smith当时创下的从佩斯到悉尼太阳能车比赛最快记录。 UNSW太阳能赛车队包括11名学生，太阳能赛车和三部候补车与1月10日星期三早上7点离开了佩斯的Scarborough海滩。在接下来的5天内他们以平均每小时70-80公里的速度日行700公里。 截至他们今天早晨到达悉尼之时，已经以提早3天成绩打破了之前被创下的最早记录。 Jaycar Sunswift III除太阳辐射能外没有依靠任何其他燃料完成了这次旅行。由于10年的研究以及太阳能工艺技术、空气动力学设计和材料的发展，在25年前创在的需要20天才能够走完的路程的最早记录，今日UNSW车队只花了超过5天的时间就走完了。 另一方面，Holden Commodore—澳大利亚最好卖的车，自上世纪末以来相比T型福特标准车燃料利用率已较低。这种愈见引起环境恶化的车型显然已失去了制造商、消费者以及政府部门的青睐。 UNSW太阳能赛车队项目指挥Yael Augarten谈到该次旅行时说到：“我们已经通过Jaycar Sunswift III证明了未来主导交通系统的将不再是陈旧的持续了100年技术，而是靠更高效能的电力以及太阳能驱动。” “我们一直以来都是严重依赖于煤燃料的公路交通实现跨越洲际，但是现在利用太阳能汽车，我们无需在燃料上花费一分钱，澳大利亚丰富的太阳能资源是一项宝贵的财富，而非负担。当看到这一点，并且意识到目前的气候变化以及燃油供应紧缺的现实，很明显是开始跳出原始框架来思考如何解决交通耗能问题的时候了。 |
