Nuna 12s
This is Nuna 12s! A team of 11 highly motivated students with various technical backgrounds, from aerospace engineering to computer science. With our large variety of technical backgrounds, we are pushing the limits of solar power. With our solar car we strive to inspire the world about sustainability and technical innovations.
Our goal
The team will participate in the Sasol Solar Challenge in South Africa. At this world cup for solar racing, they will be competing against some of the best teams from all over the world. Nuna 12s will do everything possible to defend the world title in South Africa and become champion for the 5th time in a row!
MEET NUNA 12S!
Meet the team
Team Leader
Cato Kral
Technical Manager
Torben Aalbers
Partnerships
Huub Kavelaars
Partnerships / PR
Eveline Plazier
Public Relations
Valérie Klemann
Software Engineer
Tijs Lenssen
Mechanical Engineer
Mart Kikkert
Mechanical Engineer
Daan Schramade
Strategist
Sterre van der Wal
Electrical Engineer
Mark Tabaksblat
Electrical Engineer
Willem van Overbeeke
Ambassadors
Team coach
Marc Lammers
Our team coach Marc Lammers teaches us how to think out of the box. He shows us how to collaborate more efficiently. His experience and determination help us to get that winning mentality.
Former team coach
Wubbo Ockels
Our first team coach, Wubbo Ockels, was there from the start of the project in 2000. He helped to formulate the winning factors. The key factors to build not only a winning solar car, but also a winning team. Wubbo stayed team coach until he passed away in 2014. His legacy still lives on today.
Co-Founder Happy Energy Foundation
Joos Ockels
Joos is the wife of Wubbo Ockels and has been a part of the Nuna family for many years. She joined many of our solar races and was a support from very early on.
Physicist, former politician and writer
Jan Terlouw
Jan Terlouw is a known advocate of actions to stop climate change and to preserve nature. In 2018 he became ambassador of our team and he revealed Nuna 9s to the press.