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Durham University take on European Solar Challenge on Bridgestone tyres

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Vedika Bedi, Durham University Solar Car Team Principal, commented: “…We have parked-up our 2023 car (DUSC2023) and are back in the laboratory with a completely different track vehicle, called Ortus-T (Photo: Bridgestone)

They were the first UK team to complete the 3,000km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in six days and finished 11th out of 38 teams overall, but now they are taking a completely separate vehicle called ‘Ortus-T’ to the iLumen European Solar Challenge (iESC), which starts on 21 September 2024.

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