The bi-annual Sasol Solar Challenge from 18 to 29 September will pass through Port Alfred on Monday 24 September.
The bi-annual Sasol Solar Challenge from 18 to 29 September will pass through Port Alfred on Monday 24 September.
The two-week-long solar challenge starts in Pretoria on 18 September and, spanning 5 400km, crosses to Cape Town, Oudtshoorn and East London (via Port Alfred) before heading back north to Pretoria.
In the longest single stretch, the vehicles leave Oudtshoorn on 24 September for a sleepover in East London, with a 30-minute stop in Port Elizabeth. According to race organiser, Winstone Jordaan, the first vehicle is expected to pass through Port Alfred around 1pm and the last around 4pm.
Held under the auspices of Federation Internationale de Iáutomobile (FIA), teams design and build their own vehicles in an exercise aimed at educating people in the arena of science, innovation, teamwork and business principles.
