The 2005 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering about through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.

Three teams completed the course out of 12 that started. The winner was a Nuna car built by Nuon of the Netherlands.

Results RankTeamCountrySpeed (km/h) 1 Nuon Netherlands 102.75 2 Aurora Australia 92.03 3 University of Michigan United States 90.03 4 Ashiya University Japan 5 Formosun Taiwan 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 7 Kaoshiung University Taiwan 8 Bochum Germany 9 University of Twente Netherlands 10 University of Calgary - Soleon Canada Production Class winner 11 Umicore Belgium 12 TAFE SA Australia

References

WSC history page