Solar Car Team
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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 18, 2024
Solar Car Team returns to American Solar Challenge
The U-M Solar Car Team’s latest vehicle will speed down parts of the Oregon Trail and seven other national historic trails during this year’s American Solar Challenge on July 20-27.
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October 9, 2023
It Happened at Michigan — Powered by the sun
When the student-driven Solar Car Team and its car, Sunrunner, won the first Sunrayce USA in 1990, it propelled a legacy of leadership in competitive vehicles fueled by the sun.
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June 13, 2022
Solar car Aevum to test solutions ahead of next World Solar Challenge
Delayed by the pandemic, the U-M Solar Car Team unveiled Aevum before an audience of sponsors, automotive and solar industry representatives, and supporters in the ballroom of the Michigan Union on June 10.
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October 21, 2019
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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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.
