Apex Dynamics BV sponsors the 21 students who participate in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge on behalf of the University of Leuven as team Punch Power Train Solar Team. The engineering students have been working on the Punch 2 for 13 months, which will start the 3,000 km long journey from Darwin to Adelaide on 8 October. The Punch 2 will have to prove itself in an extremely competitive playing field of more than 50 teams. Everyone wants to complete the course as quickly as possible!
This year, the solar car has a lot of new features. The Punch 2 has a unique mechanical four-wheel steering system. This system allows the wheel covers (the housing around the wheels) to be made even narrower without affecting the regulated turning circle. The result is an aerodynamic gain of more than 1%.
Read here what the contribution of an Apex Dynamics gearbox is in the four-wheel steering system….