A team of Belgian students and engineers on Friday won a solar-powered car race in South Africa, widely considered the most challenging for testing the technology.
Over a dozen teams competed in the eight-day race spanning thousands of kilometers, with varying weather and altitude extremes adding to the complexities for designers.
"Innoptus claimed victory after breaking their own record not once, but twice during the competition," the organizers of the Sasol Solar Challenge said in a statement.
The race, held every two years since its inauguration in 2008, kicked off on September 13 in Secunda in the country's northeast with 14 teams competing to the finish in Cape Town.
"This is a crucible... It is the most extreme solar challenge in the world," race director Rob Walker told AFP at the finish line.
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