SOLIS UTCN FACT SHEET

Solis UTCN is the team of students at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
who build and develop solar vehicles.
Students design, build and race vehicles powered by sunlight.

Founded:        2018, at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Team:           around 50 students from several faculties (2026)
Vehicles built: six (Solis EV1, EV2, EV3, EV4, Hyperion, Voyager Origin)

HYPERION (Challenger class, #99)
Weight:         194 kg
Size:           5.25 x 1.45 x 1.17 m
Solar array:    5.89 m2 of silicon cells, over 24 % efficient
Battery:        3 kWh, lithium-ion
Motor:          Mitsuba outer-rotor, 5 kW peak, inside the rear wheel
Top speed:      120 km/h

VOYAGER ORIGIN (Cruiser class, #98)
Seats:          two
Body:           carbon fibre
First race:     iLumen European Solar Challenge 2026

RESULTS
2021  iLumen European Solar Challenge, Zolder: Solis EV1, 7 laps.
2022  iLumen European Solar Challenge, Zolder: Solis EV2, 150 laps, 13th of 18.
2022  Italian Solar Challenge, Imola: Solis EV2, 4th.
2023  Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Australia: Solis EV3, about 1,200 km
      on solar power. First Romanian solar vehicle to finish a competition outside Europe.
2024  iLumen European Solar Challenge, Zolder: Solis EV4, retired after 137 laps.
2025  Bridgestone World Solar Challenge: Hyperion, about 2,700 km, to Port Augusta.
2026  iLumen European Solar Challenge (24 hours, Circuit Zolder, Belgium):
      Hyperion Origin: 248 laps in the Challenger class.
      Voyager Origin: 135 laps in the Cruiser class.
      Romanian national champions in both classes.

NEXT
Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Darwin to Adelaide, 22 to 29 August 2027.

CONTACT
solisev.utcn@gmail.com, +40 761 812 846
Str. Baritiu 24-26, room 27, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Photos: Solis UTCN.