Cambridge University Eco Racing

In 2017, CUER built Mirage, which crashed before the race had begun due to "a sudden loss of dynamic stability".

As well as having a large student body, the team is strongly supported by a number of academic and industrial advisers, including Hermann Hauser and David Cleevely.

In June 2008, Affinity was driven from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise awareness of sustainable energy.

Following design work by a number of students in the Engineering Department, and with the support of the advisory board, the team competed in the 2009 World Solar Challenge, a 3000 km marathon across Australia.

[4] Over the next two years, they continued redesigning and refining Endeavour, resulting in a car with much improved aerodynamic properties and more reliable batteries.

The team used CFD simulations to make minor tweaks to the canopy, and tested the car extensively at a local airfield, before heading out to the next World Solar Challenge in October 2011.

Affinity was CUER's first vehicle, built as a prototype and based on a shape taken from MIT's Manta Elite solar car.