Vattenfall Solar Team Breaks Solar Racing World Endurance Record

Solar champions uphold their reputation and drive solar car Nuna Phoenix more than 924 kilometres in 12 hours entirely on solar power.

The Vattenfall Solar Team did it again. On Saturday 8 August, the team set a new solar racing world endurance record in The Netherlands. Over 12 hours, the Nuna Phoenix solar car drove more than 924 kilometres fuelled entirely by solar power.

Participation in an international solar race is not possible this year due to the coronavirus. The Vattenfall Solar Team therefore took their self-built Nuna Phoenix solar car to the RDW (Department of Road Transport) test track in Lelystad in the Netherlands in an attempt to set a new world endurance record. A special aspect of the record attempt was that it was the first time the Nuna would be seen in action this year – a moment the Vattenfall Solar Team had been looking forward to for months.

To break the world endurance record held by the Nuna 8s since 2017, the Nuna Phoenix would have to travel at least 882 kilometres in 12 hours – more than 300 rounds. In the end, the solar car ran 328 rounds.