The Flinders Solar Car program has been running since 2016, and provides a global experience for Flinders students. They get to work closely with industry, leading academics in this field and are involved as a cross functional group to develop various aspects of the program from design, mechanical and electrical development through to bio medical support systems, software and on-board IT systems.

The program has so far seen four Flinders Solar Car Teams (FAST) complete the World Solar Challenge as part of their studies, learning and refining new skills that enhance, underpinning and grow their academic learnings to produce job ready graduates.

The program consists of a highly motivated team of undergraduate students, supported by academics, industry and system specialists to create and deliver a constantly evolving platform that embraces a technology and renewable driven future whilst maintaining the core engineering underpinnings of automotive design and build. With dedicated workshop space, project management and University support, the FAST program is set up to deliver a unique and potentially career defining experience to those who get involved!

Become a sponsor

Being part of FAST is a unique business opportunity offering worldwide exposure in combination with education and research. The Flinders Automotive Solar car is developed using cutting edge technology and carefully established race strategies. The development of our team and solar car represents a new and stimulating challenge for Flinders University, as the development of our solar car represents a new direction for research and opportunity for students to pursue their passions in renewable energy technologies.

Benefits of sponsoring us include and not limited to:

• Logo placement – on the Solar Car, team uniforms, promotional merchandise, advertisements.
• Flinders students – get to know our incredible, talented recruiting pool.
• Brand Promotion – access and brand promotion at major events across South Australia.
• Workshops – opportunity to attend workshops and interact with our engineers
• National and international exposure – through our involvement with Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
• Sustainability – developing future engineers and business leaders; contributing to a cleaner, greener future.

As we are looking to build strong foundations not only for our project, but future generations to come, FAST is looking for significant support. Including monetary and in-kind contributions covering everything from construction materials, to transport, accommodation and race supplies. Sponsors are what make our project possible, and our goals achievable. If you have any questions about sponsorship or in regards to our solar car please contact us via the links below. 

School visits

Interested in having the FAST car, SAE car or Motor Sports Simulator visit your school? Get in contact with us and we can organise school visits as part of our Flinders STEM Outreach program.

Donations

A project of this scale would not be possible without the generous contributions of our friends and supporters. Your support will help us build lighter, faster, more innovative cars, but it will also do much more than that. By supporting FAST you are helping to create a platform for the next generation of engineers to develop their skills - engineers who will be working on new technologies or devices that benefit our communities. Help us to build a solar car and inspire our future innovators, problems solvers and creators.

Please note: 100% of your donation will fund the students and the FAST project. There are no administrative fees and donations over $2 may be tax deductible in Australia.