AUO sponsors the "Apollo 6" high-efficiency solar cells to advance to the 2011 World Solar Car Competition

AUO sponsors the "Apollo 6" high-efficiency solar cells to advance to the 2011 World Solar Car Competition PR Newswire Asia, Hsinchu, October 13, 2011...

PR Newswire Asia, Hsinchu, October 13, 2011 AU Optronics, the world's leading supplier of displays and solar solutions, announced today (13th) that the company is one of the main sponsors of the "Apollo 6" solar car developed by Taiwan's Kaohsiung University of Technology and will provide high-efficiency solar cells produced by it. The "Apollo 6" car body is covered with high-efficiency solar cells sponsored by AU Optronics, which can produce more than 1,200 watts of electricity and can reach a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour. This newly designed solar car will participate in the "2011 World Solar Car Challenge" to be held in Australia on October 16, competing with 39 teams from around the world on a 3,021-kilometer race.

"AUO not only provides innovative and high-efficiency solar solutions, but also continues to adhere to our green commitments," said Chen Jianbin, deputy general manager of AUO's solar business group. "To help 'Apollo 6' participate in the World Solar Car Challenge, AUO sponsored AUO SunPower of Malaysia. 生产的高效率背接触式单晶太阳能电池，其转换效率最高达23%，我们预祝’阿波罗六号’能在比赛中获得佳绩。同时，友达也借此鼓励年轻人创造更多的环保设计与科技，为人类打造绿色生活。”

”阿波罗The six-inch solar car is 4.7 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and 1.1 meters high. It weighs about 130 kilograms without the driver and battery. The entire car is covered with high-efficiency back-contact monocrystalline solar cells provided by AUO. It has an area of 6 square meters, an average power consumption of 20 watts per kilometer, an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour, and a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

Apollo Solar Team is composed of 20 students from Kaohsiung University of Applied Science and Technology in Taiwan. The team was established in 1998 and built its first solar car. It has since participated in many international solar car competitions. In 2007, the Apollo Solar Team won the second place in the adventure category in the "World Solar Car Challenge".