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SUNSWIFT 7 SOLAR CAR - FASTEST EV ON A SINGLE CHARGE, BREAKS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD- RICHARD HOPKINS
#solar #solarcar #unsw #electricvehicle #podcast
Richard Hopkins is the Founder of HEVN Australia’s Automotive Resurgence, Professor of Practice UNSW Sydney & the Former Formula One Head of Operations at Red Bull Racing Recently he along with the students at UNSW broke the Guinness World Record with their Sunswift 7, securing the title of the fastest solar-powered race car over 1,000 km. Powered by a battery and solar panels mounted on its roof and hood, the EV went on a test truck where it ran 1,000 km on a single charge in under 12 hours — reaching an average of 85km/h. Designed and built by students, the car weighs just 500kg, about one-quarter that of a Tesla As a Professor at UNSW Sydney, Richard Hopkins scaled the universities Sunswift Solar Electric Prototype car project into global leader in renewable and sustainable transport. Richard Hopkins has been involved in high performance all his career.
HEVN, has the ambition to reignite Australia’s automotive industry. Building climate zero production cars with a focus on innovation, design and sustainably – all underpinned by F1 technology. Prior to Richard immigrating to Australia, he was the Head of Operations for the Red Bull Formula One Team. Richard Hopkins played a pivotal role in changing the team’s fortunes from having never won a Grand Prix, to turning them into multiple winners and consecutive World Champions.
Richard started working in F1 at the age of 16 in 1987 and spent a total of 28 years working alongside world-leading technology and some of the world’s best engineers, innovators and some incredible racing drivers. The knowledge and experience he gained along the way are now being used in his next chapter.
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Richard Hopkins is the Founder of HEVN Australia’s Automotive Resurgence, Professor of Practice UNSW Sydney & the Former Formula One Head of Operations at Red Bull Racing Recently he along with the students at UNSW broke the Guinness World Record with their Sunswift 7, securing the title of the fastest solar-powered race car over 1,000 km. Powered by a battery and solar panels mounted on its roof and hood, the EV went on a test truck where it ran 1,000 km on a single charge in under 12 hours — reaching an average of 85km/h. Designed and built by students, the car weighs just 500kg, about one-quarter that of a Tesla As a Professor at UNSW Sydney, Richard Hopkins scaled the universities Sunswift Solar Electric Prototype car project into global leader in renewable and sustainable transport. Richard Hopkins has been involved in high performance all his career.
HEVN, has the ambition to reignite Australia’s automotive industry. Building climate zero production cars with a focus on innovation, design and sustainably – all underpinned by F1 technology. Prior to Richard immigrating to Australia, he was the Head of Operations for the Red Bull Formula One Team. Richard Hopkins played a pivotal role in changing the team’s fortunes from having never won a Grand Prix, to turning them into multiple winners and consecutive World Champions.
Richard started working in F1 at the age of 16 in 1987 and spent a total of 28 years working alongside world-leading technology and some of the world’s best engineers, innovators and some incredible racing drivers. The knowledge and experience he gained along the way are now being used in his next chapter.