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The South African Solar Challenge is an alternative fuel vehicle auto racing challenge in South Africa, with classes for hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, solar vehicles, and biofuel-powered vehicles. The first challenge was run in 2008, and it will run every two years thereafter. The race distance is over . The challenge route may change from year to year, but it is planned to run from Johannesburg to Cape Town to Durban and finish in Pretoria. ==Objective== The primary objective is to design, manage, build and race solar powered-vehicles across South Africa. The challenge sees a collaboration between scholars, students, private individuals and various industry and government partners, to work together to have a safe, technology-rich event. The race promotes: *Renewable energy technologies (specifically photovoltaic/solar cell technology) *Educational excellence in science, engineering, and mathematics *Creative integration of technical and scientific expertise across a wide range of disciplines *Understanding of marketing, business and management skills needed to execute large and complex projects. *Hands-on experience for students and engineers to develop and demonstrate their technical and creative abilities *Environmental consciousness *Safety in all aspects of the challenge, development, testing and racing. *Sportsmanship, friendship and co-operation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Solar Challenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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