CalSol proudly announces its partnership with Volkswagen starting in the summer of 2010! Volkswagen Group of America not only has been supporting us financially but also offering us their technical expertise. Our contacts at the Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory have been very helpful and resourceful to our team, and we sincerely thank them for all of the help we have received from them. Thank you Volkswagen!

CalSol genuinely thanks Panasonic for its support and providing us with 1500 state-of-the-art battery cells! With these battery cells, we can now make three battery packs with lots of spare cells for the upcoming World Solar Challenge! We are currently working on the packs, and it never ceases to amuse us how beautiful these cells are. Thanks again Panasonic!

CalSol wants to thank Advanced Circuits for their consistent support over the years. AC has been fabricating all of CalSol's printed circuit boards free of charge, relieving CalSol from the tremendous stress due to production. Thank you again Advanced Circuits!

CalSol is humbled to announce its partnership with Linear Technology starting in April 2011! In addition to donating useful battery monitoring boards to us, LT has recently begun to support us with monetary donation as well. CalSol is very excited about this new partnership and wishes to thank Linear Technology for this wonderful opportunity!

CalSol wishes to thank Shattuck Auto Collision Center for their wonderful paintjob on Impulse. SAC, a local paintshop in Berkeley, painted Impulse completely free of charge and did a spectacular job! Once again, we sincerely thank SAC for its spectacular work and its enthusiastic suport!

CalSol wants to thank Toshiba for their generous donation of tablets, laptops, and camcorders, all of which are currently being used in Australia. Toshiba is supporting green energy and education by giving us the latest technology to help us build a better solar car - so once again, thank you, Toshiba!

The Engineering Student Council represents, connects and provides services to engineering student organizations within UC Berkeley. CalSol is a registered organization member of ESC and recieves funding from them as a subsidiary of the ASUC.

Lockheed Martin is a global security firm engaged in research and development of advanced technology solutions. Lockheed Martin has been a longtime financial supporter of CalSol and other projects within the College of Engineering.

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), headquartered in Sutardja Dai Hall focuses on creating information technology solutions to pressing societal issues. CITRIS has provided funding for our project and access to their supercomputer clusters on campus.

California Color Source, Inc. is a supplier to the Collision Repair Industry in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. They provide materials, training and profit improvement solutions to collision repair facilities. California Color Source donated the paint used to paint Impulse.

Smart Solar International is focused on developing Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems for commercial and utility applications. Smart Solar has provided financial support to the CalSol team.

Tektronix Inc. is a leading supplier of test and measurement equipment. They have provided us with a light, portable, battery-powered, TPS2024 oscilloscope that we will be utilizing heavily in Australia.

Novarm Diptrace is a professional PCB design tool. CalSol has used donated Diptrace licences for the design of all of the printed circuit boards used in the electrical system of our newest car.

Mathworks creates technical computing software for scientists and engineers including MATLAB and Simulink. Mathworks has donated licences of MATLAB to the team which we use for calculations and writing simulation tools.

Solidworks creates 3D modeling software used for engineering applications. The company has donated software licences of SolidWorks which the team uses to model and run FEA on all of the mechanical parts used in the car.

The Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley provides CalSol with student services and funding through ESC.

Alpha Wire manufactures a variety of wire and cable products. They have donated many spools of fully recyclable EcoWire for the wiring of solar cells and batteries.

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors. The company has provided us with many useful chips and parts and development kits for our electrical system.

Distance Education, an online education hub, has provided the team with financial backing.

Hexcel is a leading advanced composites company. Hexcel donated Carbon Fiber used for our shell's layup.

Revchem composites makes composites for various purposes such as aircrafts and surfing. Revchem donated duratec and primer used on our molds.

FK Rod Ends makes rod ends and spherical bearings. They donated us free rod ends used in our suspension.

FOX racing shox makes shocks for racing bikes and vehicles. They discounted the shocks used in our suspension.

NerdWallet is a consumer financial advice portal designed to help people save money. NerdWallet is dedicated to giving back to the academic and entrepreneurial communities.

Roving Networks produces embedded networking devices. They have donated wireless WiFly systems for use in our telemetry system.

Vicor produces power components and systems. They have donated compact DCDC converters used to power our low voltage system.