A white solar-powered vehicle with solar panels mounted across its top is parked in front of a paddock at a racing circuit. The vehicle displays logos for Open Window, UXI, Belgium Campus iTversity, CTU Training Solutions, and IMM Graduate School, with the number 60 visible on the side. A blue tent labelled "Solar Challenge Team" stands behind the vehicle, alongside covered pit garages.

Varsity teams gear up for Sasol Solar Challenge with innovative SOL-1

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SOL INVICTUS Dynamics, a multi-institutional solar car team, is gearing up to compete in the Sasol Solar Challenge 2026 with its solar-electric vehicle, SOL-1.
The project brings together students, lecturers and industry mentors from Belgium Campus iTversity, CTU Training Solutions, IMM Graduate School and Open Window, in an initiative focused on sustainable engineering, innovation, and experiential learning.
The Sasol Solar Challenge is an eight-day biennial endurance event in which local and international engineering teams race custom, solar-powered vehicles across public roads in South Africa. The 2026 event takes place from 10 to 17 September, starting in Sasolburg and traveling a minimum distance of about 2,500 km toward Cape Town.

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