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Is a solar go cart as much fun as a petrol powered one? It's certainly less noisy and smelly.

One of Australia's greatest technological successes is gathering dust in a Darwin shed. But Geoffrey Beere dreams of restoring it to its former glory.

World Solar Challenge ABC news footage from the 80s and 90s.

Teams from 15 countries are tuning their cars for this year's race through the Australian outback — but there's concern not all contenders will make it to the start grid in October.

A team of Queenslanders are leading the charge to develop commercial solar cars in Australia and proving on an international stage they've got what it takes to make it a reality.

After opening up an early lead in the 3,000 kilometre World Solar Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide, Dutch solar team Nuon powers home to complete another win.

Thirty years ago Hans Tholstrup started the World Solar Challenge, a race from Darwin to Adelaide using solar-powered cars. This is the original story done by ABC news in Darwin in 1987.

Three decades ago, Hans Tholstrup was told it would be impossible to cross Australia using only solar power. Now, he says, the simple fact is: "We can take a human being across a continent on just sunshine."

With two weeks to go until the World Solar Challenge begins, one team is put under unexpected pressure after their car is delayed on the way from Europe to Australia.

First-timers from the Australian National University will race their solar car through the outback against creations by some of the biggest companies in the world...