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July 28, 2024
Solar Car Team takes first in American Solar Challenge
With dedication, caffeine and the kindness of a competitor, U-M’s Solar Car Team has won the American Solar Challenge, an eight-day, distance-based race from Tennessee to Wyoming.
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July 14, 2023
Solar car shoots for the stars by pushing energy efficiency
Inspired by the Latin phrase “ad astra,” which means “to the stars,” the U-M Solar Car Team unveiled, Astrum, its first three-wheeled, bullet-style vehicle, which will race in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge this fall.
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October 17, 2019
Solar Car Team finishes third in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
The U-M Solar Car team and its vehicle, Electrum, took third place at this year’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia, the only American team among more than 40 contenders to cross the finish line.
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October 10, 2019
U-M’s solar car Electrum to face global competition in Australia
The U-M Solar Car Team will soon race down the Australian outback in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, with a new battery system and solar cells it hopes will propel it to a first-place finish.
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July 19, 2019
Solar Car Team doubles down on proven design with Electrum
The U-M Solar Car Team hopes its overhauled electrical system and tightly packed solar cells will power its new vehicle, Electrum, to gold at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
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October 12, 2017
U-M Solar Car Team’s second-place finish best in its history in Australia
The U-M Solar Car Team took an historic second-place finish in the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, an 1,800-mile race across the Australian Outback.
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October 6, 2017
U-M Solar Car Team to chase world title in race across Australia
In a bullet-shaped car powered by the sun, the U-M Solar Car Team will begin its 1,800-mile race across Australia in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge this weekend.
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July 7, 2017
Top U.S. solar car team goes small in effort to win big in 2017 contest
The top-ranked U-M Solar Car Team has unveiled its 14th sun-powered vehicle. Novum, which is Latin for “new thing,” will race across Australia this fall in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
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July 20, 2016
U-M Solar Car Team to defend title in race through national parks
On a route through some of the nation’s most wild and scenic places, the U-M Solar Car Team hopes to bring back its sixth consecutive victory in the American Solar Challenge.
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October 22, 2015
U-M Solar Car first U.S. team to finish global race; places fourth overall
The U-M Solar Car Team finished fourth overall in the 2015 World Solar Challenge, a sun-powered sprint across Australia that was one of the closest in race history.
