By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
TEAM Sinag has finished 11th out of the 21 participants in the Challenge category of the Panasonic World Solar Challenge (WSC) in Australia.
Here’s a photo of the Sinag solar car crossing the finish line in Adelaide.
The Philippine team also finished 20th out of the total 38 participants in the WSC, an international competition for developers of solar-powered vehicles.
The results are posted on the WSC website.
The team’s solar car entry called “Sinag” (Filipino for “sunlight”) was able to finish the 3,021-kilometer race from Darwin to Adelaide at 4 p.m., on Oct. 27 (Australian time).
It was the Nuon Solar Team from the Netherlands, with their car the Nuna4, that took the overall win in the competition, finishing the race on October 25.
Like Team Sinag, the Nuon Solar Team is also in the same Challenge category, which is for first-time participants in the race.
Despite being its first time to join, the Philippine team’s car did not stall throughout the journey across Australia. A few of the entries were put in trailers after experiencing technical difficulties.
In a statement, Team Sinag technical head engineer Rene Fernandez described their performance as remarkable as this was their first time to join and they did not know what to expect. “It’s positive proof of not only the car’s solid design and construction, but also our own capability to successfully deploy solar power technology in the Philippines.”
Team Sinag is composed of students from De La Salle University and is sponsored by about a dozen local companies, including Philippine Airlines, San Miguel Corp., Shell, Ford, Sunpower and Motolite.
Here’s a photo of Team Sinag after crossing the finish line.
October 29th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Mabuhay ang Sinag Team!
Mabuhay ang DLSU!
Sana’y makapaglingkod ang magigiting na kabataan natin sa ikauunlad ng mga sasakyang gawa ng pinoy.
Itaguyod natin ang matipid at malinis na agham at teknolohiya.
Iyan ang kinabukasan ng “tsikot”.
October 29th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
great!!! they do it….Congratulations!!!
MABUHAY!!!!!!!!
i’m chef here at darwin, nt.
i was the one who cook for sinag team..ang favorito ng lahat ng Pinoy…Walang kamatayang CPA-Chicken Pork Adobo..
Again,,, A BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!! FROM: bEL, JORDAN, LALA, OLAN, HECTOR, PATRICK, REGIE, JHONNY,JULIO, DON, MARVIC AND CARISABEL.( THEY ARE THE GROUP OF FILIPINOS HERE IN DARWIN THAT SUPPORT THEM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING) AND THANK YOU TO GIGI GRANDE(ABS-CBN) AND HAROLD…
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