Racing a Solar Car Across the Australian Outback
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3 жыл бұрынAnd they're off! Under the brutal desert sun, our competitors encounter their first roadblocks. Extreme heat, hazardous winds, and brush fires are all signs that the Australian Outback means business. But the dangers of experimental tech make it a lot worse - and a spontaneous car battery fire spells disaster for one team.
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0:00 Race Day One
5:00 The Race Is Underway
6:58 Solar Energy
8:17 Trouble For Stanford
10:47 The First Break
15:30 Dehydration
17:02 Forest Fires
19:50 Day One Ends
@rizkymubaroq3025 3 жыл бұрын
*Stanford from the US, is a team that exepected to be a threat this year.* Stanford car, the first one to burn
@AP-wm1or 3 жыл бұрын
it is a threat.. .. burning other cars if at close proximity
@SirManDudeGuy1 3 жыл бұрын
They painted their car black. A color that absorbs heat. That is why their batteries overheated
@pottyputter05 4 ай бұрын
@SirManDudeGuy1 no, they were clearly having a purely electrical issue and should have pulled off shortly after the start if it was allowed. It could be anything from damage to a cell from modification to cell imbalance
@alexcrossley7999 3 жыл бұрын
So that's how the fires in Australia started.
@adios9919 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@4rthorario459 3 жыл бұрын
Finally the truth
@GOD-LOK 3 жыл бұрын
Yea
@erikk77 3 жыл бұрын
Not a Jewish space laser?
@kingofthecrows8802 3 жыл бұрын
I hope Stanford isn't discouraged by their early departure from the race, especially the driver! She should be proud of herself for being able to recognize there was an issue before the team could tell her to get out! She also responded very quickly and efficiently when escaping the car. Please, keep racing, all of you!
@mattprior8442 3 жыл бұрын
''I have started the race ,......I guess !'' Best line to start a race .
@allaboutsboyzz4737 3 жыл бұрын
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@rtr3797 3 жыл бұрын
88u
@emmanuelr710 3 жыл бұрын
Stanford 100% needs to engineer a better emergency exit system.
@WarguyPlayz 3 жыл бұрын
Better yet, engineer a better car.
@magicgluestoneny2487 3 жыл бұрын
Don't judge them they are newbies
@mohdafnanazmi1674 3 жыл бұрын
@@WarguyPlayz well actually both because it should take no time in an emergency to escape and the car battery should include a cooling system to decrease the chance of a fire
@jakesweet1000 3 жыл бұрын
@@magicgluestoneny2487 you wouldnt be saying that if she had died
@sperzieb00n 3 жыл бұрын
ikr, why hold the canopy with a million elastic bands that need undoing, if instead, they could just make it hinge away like in all the other cars
@adamsmith5151 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that the car was glitching at the starting line would have had me worried about it catching fire.
@Silver-Arrow 3 жыл бұрын
foreshadowing
@Silver-Arrow 3 жыл бұрын
@John Smith it was a pretty close call when it actually did light on fire though
@DanceySteveYNWA 3 жыл бұрын
@@Silver-Arrow yes because she started to panic. Romain Grosjean she isn't. 😂
@SirPhillyLeong 3 жыл бұрын
Pretty normal for American made cars to break down or catch on fire. It's the American way.
@NsXy 3 жыл бұрын
Really? What about your iPhone? Do you throw it out of the window every time it glitches?
@temmyesprano8250 3 жыл бұрын
The guy from Belgium said : Michigan doesn’t wave ....I’m dead 🤣
@naturelust123 3 жыл бұрын
What does mean .... doesn't wave..??
@dmo4657 3 жыл бұрын
@@naturelust123 wave the hand as a sign of saying hi
@SelyHaudy 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@lermy3d 3 жыл бұрын
About the temperature problem on minute 15:10, they could place a polarized film in the front of the cockpit and a reflective one on top that also covers the back. That would definitely reduce cockpit temperature a lot while not adding any significant weight to the vehicle. The reflective material could also send ricochet photons to the solar panels.
@amargollamudi3832 3 жыл бұрын
@Rik rik aerodynamics
@McBuggs. Жыл бұрын
@Rick3y Rick3y - A small vent hole at least in the rear cockpit or rear vents somewhere to allow inside heat out. I know it's all about aerodynamics, but what are the rules and what's allowed?
@gtostowe 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the coolest seeker videos I’ve seen y’all even got veritasium to commentate it that’s sooo cool!!!!
@markshiman5690 3 жыл бұрын
His name is Derek ok
@claudio5432154321 3 жыл бұрын
@@markshiman5690 His KZfaq name is still veritasium so your passive aggressiveness uncalled for
@MrQwerty2524 3 жыл бұрын
@@markshiman5690 bugger off Mark, no one wants your negativity here.
@anotherarmchairhistorian2831 3 жыл бұрын
@@markshiman5690 well look at you all high and mighty!
@BIRDYCODYT 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrQwerty2524 Facts!
@Krebzonide 3 жыл бұрын
Next race they should have safety requirements to keep the internal temp below like 110 or something like that.
@Agnes_Noby_sir 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmourLearning as bad as they are now? I invite you to look into the conditions of a couple of decennia back
@Krebzonide 3 жыл бұрын
@@terra54 I was basing the number off the graphic at 15:20.
@terra54 3 жыл бұрын
@@Krebzonide yeah I realised it was the documentarys fault sry
@constantinosschinas4503 3 жыл бұрын
next time they should cancel the contest. useless waste of money, zero innovation, just ego and eco lunatism.
@DanceySteveYNWA 3 жыл бұрын
@@AmourLearning if you were a kid, you aren't thinking about conditions in the cockpit 😂, you just want to race. And motor racing is the safest it's ever been so you're obviously talking complete bollocks anyway
@ozzyg82 3 жыл бұрын
Just made myself laugh imagining how this would go if it were run in Great Britain.
@jackmckenna4911 3 жыл бұрын
They'd have the added challenge of potholes being literally everywhere
@melindamiller7281 3 жыл бұрын
@@jackmckenna4911 ppppprh yeie
@parthchauhan3368 3 жыл бұрын
They will steel everything and make Mansons.
@hithereyou9991 3 жыл бұрын
Foff
@elijahmeacham4454 3 жыл бұрын
That's the thing. It wouldn't go.
@kurttruk2 3 жыл бұрын
I was in this event in cruiser class. My uni set a maximum team size of 12 people, and we only had 4 cars plus the solar car. The work load was ridiculous.
@prof.heinous191 3 жыл бұрын
I must have seen you taking it fairly easy at Adelaide River! Hope your new car is coming along OK. The usual Cruiser non-coverage pisses me off...
@meurtri9312 3 жыл бұрын
"michigan doesn't wave"
@minnimau1 3 жыл бұрын
Ain't Nobody Got Time For That
@ender-gaming 3 жыл бұрын
They even illegally block their competitor who passed them in the next video. Horrible sportsmanship
@Ergzay 3 жыл бұрын
@@ender-gaming Don't make stuff up. If they made an illegal move they would have been disqualified. People hate on Michigan because they're the best team from America every year.
@KinaestheticDmaw 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ergzay no, we have KZfaq Premium. Michigan was forced to serve a 1 hour time penalty before official race end was recorded for them. They very much broke the rules. Michigan’s lead car illegally blocked Tokai from passing for quite some time, by basically speeding up or slowing down depending on traffic passing zones and oncoming traffic, to prevent passing. That is against race rules as convoy cars required to allow the solar cars to pass.
@Ergzay 3 жыл бұрын
@@KinaestheticDmaw Then I can only assume that something was misreported as Michigan wouldn't do such a thing.
@hyperseele 3 жыл бұрын
"Michigan doesn't wave". That made me laugh very hard.
@Seeker 3 жыл бұрын
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@dru4670 3 жыл бұрын
I think this race requires more natural conditions. It's not safe putting someone in that oven of a cockpit.
@sumamerican9436 3 жыл бұрын
The cars wouldnt run in normal conditions, the outback was chosen for its strong sunlight
@Sonathan1893 3 жыл бұрын
That's also why it doesn't make solar cars a reasonable alternative (at least currently).
@MrTeka500 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sonathan1893 thats not the endgoal. battery technology and technology in energy savings is more important
@geemy9675 3 жыл бұрын
yeah the race shouldn't be about being able to withstand crazy temperature and swapping drivers. just set a maximum temp in the cockpit with a sensor that the organization would monitor. less stops, less water to carry, this way they would come up with great ideas on how to improve heat management. clever ways to dissipate heat,using venturi effect, maybe even harness some energy from the heat that is removed ?
@Sonathan1893 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrTeka500 You don't need a solar car for that though.
@DJ_Betoz 3 жыл бұрын
I wish I had a team of Japanese guys follow me around every time my car broke down
@brianisme6498 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that would be helpful. Especially since all the things they can do in anime.
@Tony_Sab 3 жыл бұрын
@@brianisme6498 And still they produce better cars than most usa Car brands🤭
@BIRDYCODYT 3 жыл бұрын
@@brianisme6498 Big Facts!
@BIRDYCODYT 3 жыл бұрын
I can relate
@tysonm-5009 3 жыл бұрын
@@Tony_Sab tell em 💯😂
@plopper326 3 жыл бұрын
I walked past the Team Twente car everyday when I went to college (BC), it's fun to see the backstory to it and that team doing do well. Great video!!
@mintydewdrops 3 жыл бұрын
imagine building your car so perfectly that it ends up cooking your driver lol
@lorez6063 3 жыл бұрын
These youngsters really give us hope for the future. It is so heartening to see them enjoying themselves so much, whilst doing amazing things for humanity and the environment.
@bladedge3573 3 жыл бұрын
Wow guys this video was so well made!!!
@kylecramer8489 3 жыл бұрын
I feel for the Stanford team. That must be crushing
@duwickedsickgaming 3 жыл бұрын
How're you verified?
@Nonzerotonin 3 жыл бұрын
BRO ARE YOU *THE* KYLE CRAMER?? IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN WHAAAAAAA
@seamusmckeon9109 3 жыл бұрын
How are you verified?
@senorswordfish6019 3 жыл бұрын
How to be verified wtf
@ZMacZ 2 жыл бұрын
9:55 When racing in the outback, your car needs temperature level checking. It can easily go up to 30C or even reach 50C in the extreme dry areas with only desert. Also, a small air inlet can help by cooling the electronics AND the driver, and if and when properly placed, it won't cost much. In fact, the lowered need for things like cooling fans and such, may offset this.
@coyoterangersmedia5263 3 жыл бұрын
I dunno how I feel about this. This was probably the most interesting uninteresting race I've watched not gonna lie hahah
@garethbaus5471 3 жыл бұрын
At least it is more interesting than Nascar.
@jahanv4997 3 жыл бұрын
"Michigan doesn't wave."
@yi8333 3 жыл бұрын
just when i thought them only mentioning "Japanese team has a beautiful car" was hilarious
@matthewgreene4050 3 жыл бұрын
Why don’t they tint the windows heavily for the drivers to help reduce the heat Adds almost no weight to the car.
@Layeredfire 3 жыл бұрын
They have to be street legal, so if they tint the windows they wouldn’t be
@AdmiralSym 3 жыл бұрын
Seriously lol
@matthewgreene4050 3 жыл бұрын
@@Layeredfire They can tint the windows, they can’t tint the windshield, but they can tint the side windows. They could also add a sun strip tinting to the top of the windshield, or they can tint the windshield with a UV reflective film and not break the rules as long as it does not darken the windshield so cops can still see in.
@raulcavalcante9193 3 жыл бұрын
They should paint the inside of the car white.
@zitwitty0009 3 жыл бұрын
Why not a one way or two way mirror on all cars i mean dont you hate getting blinded by brights
@Jesse__H 3 жыл бұрын
is it weird that it's possible to lose time waiting at a red light in this race...?
@BlackringIII 3 жыл бұрын
Damn son That lithium know how to burn And why don't they treat the canopies with some sunglass film or something?
@nikitshetty931 3 жыл бұрын
should be completely road legal
@mohammadamir4486 3 жыл бұрын
yeah some tint could block the sun ray better but its clear as a glass 😂
@hazepheno925 3 жыл бұрын
@@mohammadamir4486 Most places it is not legal to tint your front windshield. These solar cars are required to be street legal since they are on open public roads. They should really give a little more airflow to the drivers. It's better to cost 1% in extra drag from more airflow going into the cockpit and finish the race, rather than not finish the race.
@joebond2099 3 жыл бұрын
Freedom 41nall some have a full cockpit so maybe just the back half of the cockpit could be tinted
@nelsonlopez9617 3 жыл бұрын
this is great entertainment, "I have started the race, I guess" Stanford
@Chris119. 3 жыл бұрын
Solar car racers: "we're saving so much energy by using sunlight!!!" Also solar car racers: *brings along a convoy of a hundred gas engine vans*
@shaungordon9737 3 жыл бұрын
It's a worthwhile trade-off
@pkeoghk5474 3 жыл бұрын
That Stanford driver came seconds from being a fatality when the batteries ignited. This is dangerous stuff guys!
@elijahtommy7772 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh as if you document a race in Australia but still use Farenheit to measure tempereture XD
@lyndonhanzpernites5860 3 жыл бұрын
I think it's already amazing how Stanford got their car to run considering they're all undergraduates.
@defnedilbaz 3 жыл бұрын
Most teams are all undergraduates
@christiane.reyesmunoz5437 3 жыл бұрын
Gj on the videos! Just wish the other videos weren't premium
@pabloarroyo1023 3 жыл бұрын
I think they will be made free once per week, but I agree that I would like them to be free
@MuscarV2 3 жыл бұрын
Do you say the same on movie trailers? They put effort, time and money into something and all you say is "but I want it for free". How do you not realize how ungrateful and disrespectful that is?
@jonmarsden1366 3 жыл бұрын
There is a 1 month free trial for Premium!
@elideaver 2 жыл бұрын
It seems insane to me that no one has active cooling
@altkhera2410 Жыл бұрын
20 kg isnt a lot compared to 500kg for a tesla model 3, passive cooling should work with a better design
@oldskool1977 3 жыл бұрын
*They only need the tiniest hole within the very front of the canopy in order to help cool the drivers and to also help eliminate the drag effect from having a much **_larger_** hole! But, even the smallest hole would perform miracles for the poor drivers dying of dehydration!*
@NsXy 3 жыл бұрын
This is why I don’t even like Stanford hospital lol always messing things up
@officer_baitlyn 3 жыл бұрын
i like the fact that my boys from germany chose *_SONNENWAGEN_* instead of something more lame
@keesbuhl6019 3 жыл бұрын
haha, that's what I thought. Nobody wanted to interview the team which has the most stupid name.
@elontusk8018 3 жыл бұрын
Why is the name stupid?
@keesbuhl6019 3 жыл бұрын
@@elontusk8018 Just sounds lame, actually there's nothing wrong with the name. I guess it's just a German inferiority complex because our language is not as cool as English or Italian...or in the video: listen how supercool sounds the Flamish accent. If we Germans talk English we sound like the retarded brother of a James Bond villain.
@flauschxger 3 жыл бұрын
@@elontusk8018 Im german and it is stupid, its the lamest name you can get because in germany our engineers are nerdy boomers that are far of from reality so they can't imagine a better name then this, if a cool marketing would make it, it should be something like "solarmatic"
@keesbuhl6019 3 жыл бұрын
@The Prometheus we call that self-irony...seriously, we Germans don't need patriotism, because everybody knows that we are the best! ;)
@wombatwobble 3 жыл бұрын
half of us would love a team of japanese mechanics following us while we drive through the outback lmao
@azmanabdula Жыл бұрын
*Laughs* True ....well said
@MikeMaris 3 жыл бұрын
Now Im no Stanford student but you would think initial start up problems would warrent an inspection to see if anything is wrong. This still could have not stopped the battery problem but interesting how they wouldnt check to see if something was wrong initially. They could have actually done a check but it was cut out in editing
@SolarTeamBelgium 3 жыл бұрын
Go Team Belgium! ☀ 🇧🇪
@robintoonen8515 3 жыл бұрын
If I would except anyone beating the Dutch it would be the Belgiums. You are doing really great🤫
@metalvideos1961 3 жыл бұрын
The Dutch have won this multiple times. And we have barely any sun here lol
@taylorsmith9115 3 жыл бұрын
They had to learn how to get more power efficiently per square inch of the car, and be more aerodynamic to go further off less sun due to the home climate haha
@metalvideos1961 3 жыл бұрын
@@taylorsmith9115 yeah well it worked out well lol
@metalvideos1961 3 жыл бұрын
@James Freeze they have tested everything first in the netherlands. at the university. or do you really think they pack everything up go to a warm climate and figure everything out there? no ofc not. you dont have a big brain. you have a very very tiny brain
@MrRayrenz 3 жыл бұрын
I also felt that. I was teary-eyed. That's really sad having your race cut short, but it's a learning opportunity.
@hithesh7665 3 жыл бұрын
"Traffic lights played in our favor" Never thought I would hear that from a race.
@aeros_yt 3 жыл бұрын
I fly gliders. When waiting for the tow plane with a closed canopy it gets really really really hot. I know how that feels. 5min in this dead still hot air and intense heat can cut your flightperformance in half. Those cars are moving, still very intense!
@tonydekker7792 3 жыл бұрын
There are similarities in aerodynamic and weight requirements. South African team NWU, which competed in 2017, based their car body on a JS3 Jonker Sailplane: engineering.nwu.ac.za/solarcar
@krovek 3 жыл бұрын
1:48 someone in the editing booth is having a laugh, is that a V8 engine dubbed in over that car starting off?
@NeuralEngin33r 3 жыл бұрын
the sound designer went way overboard in everyway
@stefanol9272 3 жыл бұрын
I do not understand this solar racing competition doesn't get more media attention. So thank you for posting these videos ✌️✌️✌️😎😎
@XxxXxx-yh5gz 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn’t expect to have Derek to host a video on Seeker
@panther105 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't something like a mylar reflective section above the driver on the canopy help keep the heat from getting in?
@fuehnix 3 жыл бұрын
I would imagine the visibility is already poor due to the low profile windshield. So they probably can't afford to block any of it with mylar.
@joebloggs4615 3 жыл бұрын
"Keep the heat from getting in" haha this is Australia 🇦🇺 probably in summer. It's going to be scorching hot
@panther105 3 жыл бұрын
@@joebloggs4615 I guess i was thinking it might block some UV and keep the driver from getting heated up directly from the sun.
@panther105 3 жыл бұрын
@@fuehnix i was imagining just a tinted upper part, like a mylar umbralla effect directly above the driver but not affecting forward and side views...
@aphysicsteacher 3 жыл бұрын
That’s just mean to hide the fact that this is a premium series until episode three, after viewers have already invested 46 minutes in watching.
@timelapse7454 3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... 😏
@sepg5084 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing in life is free
@nithinrajendran3091 3 жыл бұрын
@@sepg5084 from now on..pay to breathe
@Viper555 3 жыл бұрын
Wow that Stanford driver had nuts of steel to stay in the car for that long during a fire but also absolutely zero radio discipline 8:15
@hudsonurruttia 3 жыл бұрын
"Wait this is a veritasium video?"
@karlotto8925 3 жыл бұрын
Funny that Derek from Veritasium is narrating it. I love how he always delivers on his topics, contrary to the normal "might be, could be.. in the future" narrative of Seeker :D
@ryaneub 3 жыл бұрын
Why does this sound like it was filmed in 2009
@user-sn7yq8ch4j 3 жыл бұрын
Wdym?
@adityasharma-bg7ho 3 жыл бұрын
Is that a bad thing this year?
@geratinav 3 жыл бұрын
2009 as in bad quality Or 2009 as in nostalgia factor
@kassavagt7393 3 жыл бұрын
I sense national geographic vibe from this video
@marshall6113 3 жыл бұрын
“Race the Sun” with Halle berry what a classic.
@okipullup5108 3 жыл бұрын
Or race a shadow
@WilliamDye-willdye 3 жыл бұрын
Proposed rule change: Additional solar panels and batteries are allowed on a separate circuit used only for air conditioning.
@noobforsoup 3 жыл бұрын
Episode 1: They're talking about ''beating the dutch'' Episode 2: The dutch are beating the dutch followed by the dutch and a dutch-speaking team from Belgium.
@competitivecatan9091 3 жыл бұрын
Why does this video have so many dislikes? It's an amazing video.
@andie_pants 3 жыл бұрын
I really want to visit Australia some day.
@peterreber7671 3 жыл бұрын
That Stanford driver really seemed to treat the problem in an intelligent way. LOL
@Madan987 3 жыл бұрын
When you can overtake cars because of traffic lights.. what a race move
@juliuscaesarpratama 3 жыл бұрын
So wonderful to watch this race.
@grimaffiliations3671 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched enough anime to know the dude at 15:33 called someone an idiot 😂
@grimaffiliations3671 3 жыл бұрын
Or maybe t was said to him
@frosttube8793 3 жыл бұрын
Solar energy is amazing when the sun shine. Love it!
@roanbrand7358 3 жыл бұрын
7:30 less space and weight, more important here being the weight
@christianmcbrearty 3 жыл бұрын
They all need to sort out some way of cooling the cockpit
@monkemonke9048 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe put a ventilation duct through the cockpit
@David-if2hj 3 жыл бұрын
@@monkemonke9048 that decreases aerodynamics which is a big issue, definitely need some way to cool it or set parameters so everyone has the same aerodynamics disadvantage
@MainMite06 3 жыл бұрын
@@David-if2hj In Nascar, the cars have mandatory air tubes placed behind the driver's rear quarter window that are fed into their helmet as ventilation. In Lemans and GT racing all cars must have an air duct 12 mm wide in the cabin going under the windshield to cool the driver
@David-if2hj 3 жыл бұрын
@@MainMite06 yea that’s what I mean, making it a requirement in this solar race
@aredoplloci8459 2 жыл бұрын
I put an 80% ceramic tint on my windshield and the heat coming in is highly reduced with not much effect on visibility. Have they never heard of this? Also why do so many of these cars have clear "roofs"?
@kurogane2638 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the thermal management is like in the background i cant imagine them not having a massive amount of r&d on thermal management of the cells, battery and cockpit in consideration.
@jaybro3713 3 жыл бұрын
Smart engineering knowledge and ability to driving fast are two different things.
@jamesengland7461 3 жыл бұрын
These cars aren't exactly sports cars, and most driving is on empty roads
@nope6344 3 жыл бұрын
what about placing the battery at the back, with the possibillity to drop it if it exceeds a save temperature?
@MainMite06 3 жыл бұрын
Many/most electric cars are designed to have the battery be part of the vehicle's body, as the designers place insulation and shielding for the cockpit *so making an easily removable battery is normally out of question*
@Arpit_Maurya 2 жыл бұрын
It will Shift the Centre of mass at the back
@kimomarti7386 3 жыл бұрын
Watch "Race the Sun!" guys! You won't regret it! Halle Berry with students joined solar racing! So entertaining movie. :)
@tonydekker7792 3 жыл бұрын
It's very popular with solar car teams.
@showusyaguppysaustralia1515 3 жыл бұрын
Loved this movie... I was actually lucky enough that my school used to enter a car in this race back in 2000!
@jesseross5047 3 жыл бұрын
I think what makes the race is the charging times and the angle they put it at to charge the battery when at stops
@tommyhurst90 3 жыл бұрын
Michigan doesn't have to wave were literally shaped like a hand, we're always waving at the world 👋
@sasafras4616 3 жыл бұрын
T
@kc4417 3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@SolarTeamTwente21 3 жыл бұрын
Proud of our car on day 1! ;) #REDE
@joekalipso 3 жыл бұрын
This was thrilling, thank you.
@aakibshaikh3864 3 жыл бұрын
Should have had made an long video... I really liked this race.... thank you seeker...
@MOHAMMED-zd9qi 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Guys, when your car is getting heated up I suppose u could have an emergency shutter valve to exhaust excess heat once a critical temp inside the vehicle is reached. After exhausting u can close it so as not to effect aerodynamic properties.All the best for next design.
@donnamiller5382 3 жыл бұрын
This is epic
@mrhos86 3 жыл бұрын
This is great content! Thank you.
@whitenoise509 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear Dirk from Veristiblium here!
@martinnoseda4013 3 жыл бұрын
1er comentario en español!...gran carrera, me gustaría ser parte de esos equipos, estudio ingeniería y la sustentabilidad me motiva. La verdad no conocía toda esta movida...interesante!!!
@seamusmckeon9109 3 жыл бұрын
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@vicmanvalfre96 3 жыл бұрын
Yo formé parte de uno de los equipos en el 2018 durante la carrera en Sud África. Muy buena experiencia, me encantaría empezar un equipo que represente a España en esta carrera.
@thedesigns9570 3 жыл бұрын
No fire skin, li-ion battery pushed to it limits, and a locked cockpit with no emergency breakaway. This will end badly eventually.
@StewieG46 3 жыл бұрын
Yea it's kinda insane. Also if one of these cars end on its roof then your trapped..
@archockencanto1645 3 жыл бұрын
@@StewieG46 imagine a crash and the car flips over, then at the same time, the battery combusts... Burn marks for life in a big area if lucky, otherwise, RIP.
@austinthomaswoolery 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure this is the reason these cars have such strict regulations. Most of that is safety based with everything.
@StewieG46 3 жыл бұрын
@@austinthomaswoolery i don't find the regulations strict at all in terms off safety
@danielcontos5541 3 жыл бұрын
I can't wait till solid state batteries to see what these geniuses can do with them
@langohr9613ify 3 жыл бұрын
The big fossil footprint of this program is something I encounter often as an engeneering student. Often a team developes some great new green technology like PV, Batterys, Fuel Cells, syntethic fuels, Wind turbines eg, but then using dirty energy to power their programms. I would really like to see universitys and competitions like this, taking the push to CO2 neutrality. It is stragne, when even cutting edge green tech developement programs don´t care for their own CO2 footprint.
@serenity748 3 жыл бұрын
Its not really a competition if its based on luck like who gets more red lights etc.
@archockencanto1645 3 жыл бұрын
It's a race not a competitittititiititititititititition
@serenity748 3 жыл бұрын
@@archockencanto1645 then why do they have a winner, and why do they record times? sounds like a competition to me.
@michielsmet9533 3 жыл бұрын
I do not think there are that many red lights in the middle of nowhere
@archockencanto1645 3 жыл бұрын
@@serenity748 NonONONoN noNonONoNoOOoOOOoao
@LiamBushrod 3 жыл бұрын
I competed in this race with Durham University. There are probably around 15 sets of lights in Darwin and then a few in the middle and end of the course. Over the 3000km distance those stoppages never make any significant impact - the most efficient car will always win in the end
@PostModernTruth 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant content, keep it coming!
@edwardfletcher7790 2 жыл бұрын
I knew the Japanese team was in trouble when I saw that ridiculously small air ventilation tube. The other problem is there wasn't even any shade for the drivers head. I don't understand how they could underestimate the Northern Australia heat problem so badly...
@dan_lazaro 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe they're northeners, I imagine if you're a Hokkaido person, anything above 30° is pretty rare.
@davidmccarthy6061 3 жыл бұрын
What an awesome project for an undergrad!
@LinuxGalore 3 жыл бұрын
I can see many of the teams don't understand how insanely hot it gets in the Australian outback. Also the testing and certification procedure seems to be flawed when it comes to catering to these extreme temps. It is very unsafe to have a driver on public roads sitting in a cockpit with poor ventilation at over 45c. Also they should not be allowing high density lithium batteries to be uncooled in such extremes. You are literally sitting on a death trap.
@tonydekker7792 3 жыл бұрын
The battery packs are generally air-cooled, with a thermal cutoff. Things can still go wrong, however.
@lolshark99b49 3 жыл бұрын
Why not have it in a closed race track.
@nu_zam 3 жыл бұрын
눈이 슬플것 같은 사나이네요..
@Its2084 3 жыл бұрын
They also have a clear top on their cars. They should make it give some level of shade. Perhaps a different plastic which is resistant to uv? A layer of resistant paint? They essentially have turned their cars into mobile greenhouses.
@HankAaronJoseph19 3 жыл бұрын
Start them all at the same time. I want to see that first turn
@FranMcOd 3 жыл бұрын
the next ones are premium, rip
@brentlbutler 3 жыл бұрын
They’re going to release the rest one episode a week to regular KZfaq. Stay tuned for episode 3 next week.
@nope6344 3 жыл бұрын
"i started the race... i guess..."
@jacobm7002 3 жыл бұрын
I would tear my hair out if i had to cross australia going less than 60 mph
@markmitchell450 3 жыл бұрын
@Muckin 4on that's not so great its a long way end to end or top to bottom at 62 mph
@jacobm7002 3 жыл бұрын
@Muckin 4on oh wow, i live in the us and its a minimum of 60 mph on the freeway, usually people go 80 and its ok
@ArthursHD 3 жыл бұрын
Fun race! Are they using IR filer film? Could the window be made to reflect high energy light in one direction and pass it straight through the other?
@sebastiaomendonca1477 3 жыл бұрын
They should start using Teslas for the chase cars
@DapperHesher 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, running a race team is about budgets. Teslas are mad overpriced. Musk has also made it public that he has no interest in supporting EV competition or ANY sort of PR.
@00sra 3 жыл бұрын
How would the Tesla’s charge?
@Genesis-he8ok 3 жыл бұрын
@@DapperHesher wait why?
@DapperHesher 3 жыл бұрын
@@Genesis-he8ok Why what?
@Genesis-he8ok 3 жыл бұрын
@@DapperHesher why does he not support it?
@neideeciadiversos149 3 жыл бұрын
Parabéns pela criatividade, suas ideias são incríveis! 👋 👋 👋
@maniys 3 жыл бұрын
This is a dream experience.... Teams,you are so lucky..
@ohsosmooth01 3 жыл бұрын
Thoughts. Although the narrator has already said it, these teams are leaving a big carbon footprint with all the support vehicles. The no touching rule at the control stops was because race management wanted the teams to build more robust cars. Fine, then introduce more rules about the use of support cars to reduce carbon footprint. Because, yes while its a race/competition etc, at the end of the day, the point is to try to 'normalise' the use of solar power.
@xavmanisdabestest 2 жыл бұрын
A few days after are the bigger solar cars who do infact play by those rules