The vehicles are the project.The students are the purpose.
Solis UTCN is the team of students at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca who build and develop solar vehicles.
We are about 50 students from several faculties of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. We design, build and drive vehicles that run on sunlight, from Cluj-Napoca all the way to the Australian outback.
24 hours at Zolder, with two vehicles.
At the 2026 iLumen European Solar Challenge we raced two vehicles at once for the first time, and came away national champions in both classes.
- Hyperion Origin, Challenger
- 248laps
- Voyager Origin, Cruiser
- 135laps
Built between lectures.
Solis began at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 2018. Nobody on the team had built a solar vehicle before they joined. Here is what has been written about us.
TVHyperion goes on show at the Bucharest Auto Show 2026
TVSolis tests its solar vehicle at Cluj Arena before the race
Seventy UTCN students prepare two solar vehicles for Belgium
UTCN students take two solar vehicles to the Zolder circuit
Hyperion Origin and Voyager Origin unveiled at Cars Reveal Solis 2026
TVCluj students build a two-seat solar vehicle for the Cruiser class
Six vehicles in six years.
Each one taught us what to change in the next.
Solis EV1
Aluminium frame, four wheels.
The first one.
2022Solis EV2
Steel tube frame, three wheels.
Zolder and Imola.
2023Solis EV3
First carbon monocoque.
1,200 km in Australia.
2024Solis EV4
Built in nine months.
Zolder, 2024.
2025Hyperion
Full-size 5.89 m² array.
2,700 km in Australia.
2026Voyager Origin
The first Cruiser.
24 hours at Zolder.
Our vehicles carry their names.
Carbon, cells, machine time, cables, freight, advice and funding. The vehicles exist because of these companies.
days to the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
The race takes place from 22 to 29 August 2027, over 3,000 km from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia. We are building a new vehicle for it.