The latest news of the team.
For the first time: The Italian Solar Challenge
This summer, from 26th to 30th of September, we will take part in the Italian Solar Challenge for the first time. This will take place at the famous Formula 1 race track in Imola.
iESC 2022- Here we come!
In two months, on 17th and 18th of September 2022, we will compete with the Covestro Photon at the iLumen European Solar Challenge 2022 in Zolder, Belgium. After our successful participation in 2021, where we were runners-up in Europe with the Covestro Sonnenwagen, we would like to get a place on the podium again this year for Team Sonnenwagen Aachen.
Regulation release 2023
Finally we can start developing our new Sonnenwagen 4! On Friday, the 22nd of April 2022 the new rules for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2023 in Australia were published.
Team Sonnenwagen Aachen presents its new management team
With this year's general meeting on 21.01. the team elected its new management for the coming season 22/23.
A new Solar Challenge
“The SCM 2021 is a brand-new challenge for us,” says Simon Quinker, 2nd chairman of the association, “The event offers the opportunity for us to co-create a Solar Challenge to demonstrate our technical innovations in a new environment.”
The SCM has it all with its 5 stages over a combined 2500 km in 5 days. The starting and finishing point of the race, which runs on public roads and through the Sahara Desert, is Agadir, a port city in southern Morocco.
The management board of the team
The new year started with a big change in our organization: We have elected a new board. Timon Elliger takes over the 1st chair from Markus Eckstein. Timon is studying industrial engineering in his master's degree with a focus on design and development at RWTH Aachen University and helped develop the electric motor for the Covestro Sonnenwagen. He joined the team in December 2017 and knows what it takes to get the next Sonnenwagen on the road.