![[Photo: Covestro Adelie]](/images/blog/2024/sonnenwagen-big.webp)
![[Photo: Covestro Adelie]](/images/blog/2024/sonnenwagen/sonnenwagen-01.webp)
As summer is unfortunately still a long way off, we are taking you today to an exciting documentary about Team Sonnenwagen from Aachen and their participation in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia in 2023: 3,022 km through the outback from Darwin to Adelaide in seven days.
![[[Photo: Racing cyclist finish]]](/images/blog/2024/radrennen/radrennen-01.webp)
With 54 pre-registrations, the response to the second edition of the bike race at the Aldenhoven Testing Center was very good. The weather forecast was also excellent with 17 - 19 °C and only a light wind.
![[[Image: AutoFrühling Aldenhoven 2024]]](/images/blog/2024/af-2024/af-24-01.webp)
Head over heels in the rollover simulator or racing on the go-kart track - the AutoFrühling Aldenhoven offered fun and entertainment for everyone. With a goal wall, bouncy castle and balloon art by magician Nataly Laforte, there was also plenty of entertainment for younger guests. They enjoyed the Aldenhoven fire department on Sunday.
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As an example of successful structural change, and as a joint venture between the Kreis Düren and RWTH Aachen University we celebrated our milestone birthday with long-time companions today on Friday, May 24, 2024. There was a varied program that reflects the diversity of our testing center.
![[[Photo: E-Trailer testing]]](/images/blog/2024/bremsen-td/trailor-dynamics-01.webp)
This week, Trailer Dynamics GmbH tested ABS for the E-Trailer on various surfaces at our premises in Aldenhoven: On the tiled track with a static friction coefficient (µ) of 0.1, on wet asphalt 0.6 as well as half and half split, i.e. also on µ split. In the next step, an anti-slip control system is adapted for the electrically driven axle of the trailer.
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