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Hyperion Origin rolling down the pit lane at Circuit Zolder at night, headlights on, the driver's face lit inside the canopy.

We race
the sun.

Solis UTCN is Romania's solar car team: students at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca who design, build and race a car that runs on sunlight.

Zolder 24 hours, 19 September 2026, 21:53. Running on what the day left in the battery.

One day of sun.

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Darwin time
06:33
Sun height
0°
Into the array
0W

Before sunrise. The car starts the day on what is left in the battery.

Clear-sky estimate for Hyperion's 5.89 m² array on the road out of Darwin in late August.
Hyperion Origin under the pit lane lights at night, its side covered in partner logos, with the crew standing around it.
Pit lane, Circuit Zolder, 18 September 2026

The car is made of these names.

Carbon, cells, machine time, cables, logistics, advice and funding. Hyperion exists because of the companies on this list.

Main partners
Belco AviaBoschebm-papstAxpoAJ BrandRubixVTV by Belco Avia
Gold partners
Distribuție Energie Electrică RomaniaEneryTerapia
Silver partners
SunPowerJPardTrumpf
Bronze partners
3DDotAnalog DevicesAROBSArtz ElektronikBridgestone EnlitenDSVElectroglobalEXT Racing ShoxFundația AutonomGM SuspensionLAPPMeze AudioNeonNicmar DanciPromelekRebelDotReconbattTehnologisticsTrambus
At home at
Technical University of Cluj-NapocaFaculty of Electrical Engineering

There is room on the next car.

  • On the hull

    Your name on a car that drives 3,033 km across Australia, in front of every camera at the race.

  • In the room

    The car at your event, with the students who built it there to explain it.

  • On your team

    A first look at engineers who have already shipped something hard, before they graduate.

Become a partner solisev.utcn@gmail.com

Twenty-four hours at Zolder.

The iLumen European Solar Challenge, September 2026. Two cars, one garage, and a night with no sun to collect.

Hyperion Origin at speed on the main straight, grandstand blurred behind it.
On the main straight.
Hyperion Origin on track seen from the side, in fading light.
Last light. From here on, the battery is all there is.
A crew member seen from behind in the dark pit lane, holding two glowing orange light wands.
Light wands guide the car into its box.
Two helmeted drivers inside the car at night, seen through the window, the blue cross-stitch band around the frame.
Inside Voyager Origin, the two-seat Cruiser.
Hyperion Origin coming down a wet track at dawn with its lights reflecting on the asphalt.
Morning, and a wet track.
Hyperion Origin alone on the soaked main straight in the rain.
Rain on the main straight.
A driver in a helmet with the Romanian flag around his shoulders, celebrating with teammates.
Out of the car, flag out.

Voyager Origin finished 4th in the Cruiser class. Hyperion Origin was classified 9th of 20 in Challenger. Times are from the cameras that took the pictures.

About forty students. None had built a car before.

Solis began at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 2018. Today the crew comes from across the university.

The whole Solis team in blue shirts with both cars and the Romanian flag, in front of the Zolder pit garages.
Zolder, 20 September 2026, 13:29
A team member soldering a circuit board in the garage.
Electrical. Battery, array and every circuit board.
A team member watching telemetry on two screens.
Software. Controllers, telemetry, race strategy.
A team member holding a radio, looking down the pit lane, with the car's solar deck in the foreground.
Mechanical and race crew. Carbon, suspension, pit stops.
Join the crew Open to students from every UTCN faculty.

The story in four lines.

For journalists, and for anyone who has to explain us to someone else.

  • 2018

    A student team starts up in Cluj‑Napoca.

  • 2023

    The first Romanian solar car to finish a competition outside Europe.

  • 2025

    2,700 km of Australia on solar power.

  • 2026

    Two cars on the grid at the 24 hours of Zolder.

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High-resolution photos, the car's numbers, and someone on the team to talk to.