# World Solar Challenge 1990

The 1990 Hoxan World Solar Challenge was the second international solar-powered car race held in Australia. It covered about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia. The event finished at the McLaren Vale.
The race was won by a team from the Swiss Biel Ingenieurschule team (now Berner Fachhochschule) with the car 'Spirit of Biel II' in 46 hours and 10 minutes at an average speed of 65.18 km/h, ahead of entries from Honda and the University of Michigan. 30 cars were entered in the event, five retired.

## Route

The World Solar Challenge runs across approximately 3,000 km from Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

## Results

The 1990 event marked the first and only time a Swiss team has won the World Solar Challenge.
| Rank | Team | Car | Country | Time (hr:min) | Speed (km/h) |
| 1 | Biel College of Engineering | Spirit of Biel II | Switzerland | 46.13 | 65 |
| 2 | Honda R&D | Dream | Japan | 55.00 | 55 |
| 3 | University of Michigan | Sunrunner | United States | 57.25 | 53 |
| 4 | Hoxan | Pheobus III | Japan | 57.35 | 53 |
| 5 | Western Washington University | Viking XX | United States | 58.20 | 54 |
| 6 | Australian Energy Research Laboratory | Aurora | Australia | 59.90 | 50 |
| 7 | University of Maryland | Pride of Maryland | United States | 60.71 | 50 |
| 8 | Crowder College | Star II | United States | 62.96 | 48 |
| 9 | Team Barossa | Team Barossa | Australia | 63.29 | 48 |
| 10 | Cal State LA | Solar Eagle | United States | 67.76 | 44 |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University Pomona | Solar Flair | United States | 68.03 | 44 |
| 12 | Northern Territory University | Desert Rose | Australia | 69.61 | 43 |
| 13 | Monash University / Melbourne University | Parhelion | Australia | 69.81 | 43 |
| 14 | Kyocera-Kitami Institute of Technology | Blue Eagle | Japan | 71.38 | 42 |
| 15 | Star Micronics Pty Ltd. | Solar Star | Australia | 80.06 | 38 |
| 16 | Simon Co Ltd | CSK Simon 90 | Japan | 90.94 | 33 |
| 17 | Dimitri Lajovic (Alarus) | Alarus | Australia | 94.71 | 32 |
| 18 | Konawaena High School | | United States | 96.21 | 31 |
| 19 | Dripstone High School | Aquila | Australia | 96.57 | 31 |
| 20 | Annesley College | EOS | Australia | 96.83 | 31 |
| 21 | Hirotaka Oyabu | Sofix | Japan | 96.83 | 30 |
| 22 | Waseda University | | Japan | 96.83 | 30 |
| 23 | Stewart Lister | Solar Kiwi | New Zealand | 96.83 | 29 |
| 24 | Queens University | Sun Quest | Canada | 96.83 | 26 |
| 25 | Aisin Seiki Co/AISOL | Aisol | Japan | 96.83 | 25 |
| 26 | Yamawaki | Ninja | Japan | 96.83 | 22 |
| 27 | Solar Research Association | | | 96.83 | 21 |
| 28 | Semiconductor Energy Lab | Southern Cross II | Japan | 96.83 | 21 |
| 29 | Helio Det | Helio Det I | Germany | 96.83 | 20 |
| 30 | Michiro Eguchi | Solar Japan | Japan | 96.83 | 19 |
| 31 | Sonderborg Teknikum | Grundfos/Solvogn Danmark | Denmark | | |
| 32 | Morphett Value High School | Photon Flyer | Australia | retired | 16 |
| 33 | Phil Farrand | Holy Cheat | UK | retired | 12 |
| 34 | Nobuaki Hosokawa | Ryu Sei Go | Japan | retired | 3 |
| 35 | Mark Jensen | | | retired | 13 |