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[[Image:Solutra wsc.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Photo: Raedthuys Group - The SolUTra during the Panasonic World Solar Challenge 2005 in Australia]]

The '''Solutra''' is the first [[solar car]] designed by a group of students, the Raedthuys Solar Team,  of the [[University of Twente]]. It participated in the 8th [[World Solar Challenge]] in 2005 and finished 9th place. Another Dutch team won the race with their car [[Nuna]] 3.

This [[Solar car racing|solar car]] is the current [[FIA]] world record holder on the 1&nbsp;km with a flying start. This record has been set on August 28, 2005, at the Gronausestraat in [[Enschede]], [[The Netherlands]].

==Specifications==
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|Length||4999mm
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|Width||1799mm
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|Height||800mm
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|Vehicle Weight||210&nbsp;kg
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|Drag coefficient||0,08 CdA
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|Panel efficiency||24,5%
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|Battery capacity||5.5kWh
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|Top speed||125&nbsp;km/h
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|1000&nbsp;km average||85&nbsp;km/h
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==See also==
* The [[Twente One]] [[Twente University|TU]] car which succeeded the Solutra
* The [[Nuna 4]] another Dutch solar car that won the 2007 World Solar Challenge.
* The main article about the [[Nuna]] series of Dutch solar cars.
* [[List of solar car teams]]

==External links==
* [http://www.solarteam.nl/project/solutra/ SolUtra], official page

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[[Category:Solar car racing]]
[[Category:Science and technology in the Netherlands]]