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Solar powered car crashes highlight required safety changes

Popular Mechanics has posted an article on solar car racing that takes a look at one aspect of the sport that many, including myself, probably overlook: safety. Considering that the goal of the vehicle itself is to be as light and fast as possible, the fact that the cars might be lacking in structure should not be surprising. Also, a covering of solar cells is probably not the most crash-worthy skin available. The fact that people have actually died racing solar cars highlights all of the above facts, so the safety of solar racing cars really ... Read more →

Video: 12th annual Dell-Winston school solar car challenge Jeremy Korzeniewski

While looking for good stories to feature on our site, I ran across this video from KTLV on CNN. The event highlighted is the Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge, a solar race starting from Dell ...

The University Of New South Wales Solar Racing Team attempts to break record Jeremy Korzeniewski

Currently, the record for traveling from Perth, Australia to Sydney, Australia in a solar vehicle is 8.5 days. The Jaycar Sunswift III team expects to break that record by 1.5 days with their newest ...

Students' solar-car skills showcased in Australia Mike Magda

Australian students take their model solar cars seriously! Look at the size and detail that went into the winning entry from Merrivale Primary school located in New South Wales. The news account said ...

U.S. team runs fourth in World Solar Rally Mike Magda

A University of Minnesota team is celebrating a fourth-place finish in the World Solar Rally held last month in Taiwan. Nicknamed Borealis III, the car ran fourth out of 10 teams. Winning was a team ...

Solar powered car crashes highlight required safety changes 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Popular Mechanics has posted an article on solar car racing that takes a look at one aspect of the sport that many, including myself, probably overlook: safety. Considering that the goal of the vehicle itself is to be as light and fast as possible, the fact that the cars might be lacking in ...

Video: 12th annual Dell-Winston school solar car challenge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While looking for good stories to feature on our site, I ran across this video from KTLV on CNN. The event highlighted is the Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge, a solar race starting from Dell Headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, and finishing in New York eight days later. To see if they will be ...

The University Of New South Wales Solar Racing Team attempts to break record 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Currently, the record for traveling from Perth, Australia to Sydney, Australia in a solar vehicle is 8.5 days. The Jaycar Sunswift III team expects to break that record by 1.5 days with their newest solar-electric powered vehicle. According to their site, the vehicle is constructed mainly of ...

Students' solar-car skills showcased in Australia 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Australian students take their model solar cars seriously! Look at the size and detail that went into the winning entry from Merrivale Primary school located in New South Wales. The news account said the car was made from a carbon fiber frame and balsa wood. Observers said it was under control at ...

U.S. team runs fourth in World Solar Rally 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A University of Minnesota team is celebrating a fourth-place finish in the World Solar Rally held last month in Taiwan. Nicknamed Borealis III, the car ran fourth out of 10 teams. Winning was a team from Japan followed by two Taiwanese teams. Team leader Patrick O'Connor says the vehicle was just as ...


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