Narrowband  |  2025-09-04

JVCKENWOOD Provides Radio Systems to the German Team in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025

Curated by: Gert Jan Wolf - Editor-in Chief for The Critical Communications Review

JVCKENWOOD Deutschland GmbH (JKDE), the German sales company of the JVCKENWOOD Group and a partner of Team Sonnenwagen Aachen, a German university student team, supported the team that competed in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025 (BWSC), the world’s premier solar car race held in Australia from August 24 to 31.

JKDE provided the radio systems to the team and also offered technical support throughout the event. The team achieved a strong fourth-place finish in this year’s competition.

The BWSC is a prestigious event where young engineers from around the world compete with various solar-powered cars, traversing approximately 3,000 kilometers across the Australian continent over the course of about five days. The development of these solar cars requires knowledge across multiple scientific disciplines, including aerodynamics, electrical engineering, and electronics, making the BWSC a globally recognized platform for cultivating engineers beyond traditional field boundaries.

The JVCKENWOOD Group shares the vision of nurturing the next generation of engineers shaping the future, and supports the race, which push the limits of technological innovation through sustainable electric vehicles powered by solar energy. Team Sonnenwagen Aachen is composed of students from RWTH Aachen University and Aachen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. JKDE has supported the team since their second participation in the BWSC in 2019 by providing radio and video equipment. This year marks the team’s fourth appearance at the BWSC, where, as in the previous race, they competed in the Challenger Class, which is based on total elapsed time.

JKDE provided the team with the NX-1000 series radios, designed to ensure stable communication even under the challenging conditions of the race, along with technical support for the radio systems and wireless communications. JKDE contributed to the team, which finished fourth in this year’s competition.