University of Michigan students ready solar car for its day in the sun
The latest version of the University of Michigan’s famed solar car is getting ready to ride again. Excerpt:It’s sleek, it’s fast, and, yes, it’s powered by the sun.University of Michigan students have high hopes for the latest solar car.”To win the World Solar Challenge in October,” said John Federspiel, who will be a senior in mechanical engineering in the fall and is the crew chief on the solar car project.The annual race across Australia, which draws college teams from across the globe, will be the first test of the car, dubbed Infinium.U-M has placed third three times, though it has won a similar race, the North American Solar Challenge, five times.Read the rest of the story here.
The latest version of the University of Michigan’s famed solar car is getting ready to ride again.
Excerpt:
It’s sleek, it’s fast, and, yes, it’s powered by the sun.
University of Michigan students have high hopes for the latest solar car.
“To win the World Solar Challenge in October,” said John Federspiel, who will be a senior in mechanical engineering in the fall and is the crew chief on the solar car project.
The annual race across Australia, which draws college teams from across the globe, will be the first test of the car, dubbed Infinium.
U-M has placed third three times, though it has won a similar race, the North American Solar Challenge, five times.
Read the rest of the story here.
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