Cambridge University Eco Racing team unveil new car design

Cambridge University Eco Racing designs and builds eco-friendly cars for a variety of competitions and projects. Their latest car has been developed to race in the biennial 'World Solar Challenge', the 'Formula One' of eco-friendly motorsport, which is a 3000 kilometre race across the Australian outback from Darwin to Adelaide 16 - 23 October 2011.

In 2009, CUER entered the race for the first time as the only UK team. This month, after 2 years of development, the new car design was revealed for the first time, showcasing state-of-the- art features and technology.

As a part of the celebrations of their new solar car design, CUER ran an international competition, for school pupils aged from 6 to 14, to design a car for the future. Their designs could use any technology, existing or futuristic, to make their car as ecofriendly as possible. The winners were Toby Harris (12- 14 years category), Jennifer Docherty (9-11 years category) and Peter White (6-8 years category). The overall winner was Peter White, whose design will decorate CUER's car when it races in Australia in October.

Provided by University of Cambridge