Solis wins the 2025 Bursa SAB and a 5,000-euro prize

Suceava News Online reports that the SOLIS team of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, which built the solar vehicle SOLIS Hyperion, has won Bursa SAB 2025. The national innovation contest is run by the Scientific Senate of the Dan Voiculescu Foundation for the Development of Romania with the Bucharest Auto Show & Accessories (SAB), and was in its 8th edition.

The award ceremony took place on Friday 10 October at the show. Gabriela-Adelina Andronache, Raymond Nemeth and Georgiana Mureșan received the prize for the team. This year's theme asked entrants to put artificial intelligence into an urban mobility innovation, and the Scientific Senate gave Solis 5,000 euros for its contribution to smart mobility and applied engineering in Romania.

The article describes Hyperion's carbon-fibre monocoque, 6 square metre solar area, Halo driver protection and 3 kWh battery. It also notes that the team is part of the foundation's “100 de tineri pentru dezvoltarea României” campaign, which puts the spotlight on young people whose work helps society move forward.

According to Suceava News Online, Hyperion covered more than 3,000 km from Darwin to Adelaide on solar power alone, racing against 36 teams from 18 countries. In fact the vehicle last reached the Port Augusta control stop, about 2,700 km from Darwin, and finished 18th of 26 in the Challenger class.