Hi Malcolm - yep, great to see Australia back in the record books for an international mark, and we have team alumni doing all kinds of great things in renewables and motorsport already, I'm sure it's just a matter of time before the Next Great Leap in technology comes along as a result of grads who cut their teeth on projects like this one.
Using less than 16kWh means they set their record using about 1/4 of the power a Tesla Model S would take to be thoroughly spent after half the distance. For those that like their aero numbers, the CDA was about 0.16m2. In the design phase we hit about 0.13, but some compromises were made for aesthetic reasons - by this time next year it'll hopefully be a road-registered, comfortable car and the team didn't want it looking like it was built just for the salt or the speedway.
I'm sure you can take your pick of images for Fast FACTS, the team would be excited about that - if you want high-res originals or different images to the ones I've posted here, please contact team media head Daniel Chen - daniel.chen@sunswift.edu.au