CalSol

Cal Day 2012

Cal Day is right around the corner, and CalSol is excited to celebrate the most wonderful day of the year! Next Saturday, April 21 from 10AM-3PM, CalSol will be showcasing Impulse for the big event! Our team would like to extend an invitation to all. We will be located at the  Etcheverry Breezeway (between Etcheverry Hall and Soda …

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Continuing Sponsors

We’d just like to stop for a moment to thank all of our continuing sponsors. Without them, there would be no solar car!Most recently, we had the pleasure of working with Advanced Circuits (www.4pcb.com) again to produce some final, critical circuitboards. AC has always been a dependable source of high-quality PCBs in the past, and …

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Advanced Circuits Thank You

CalSol would like to thank Advanced Circuits (www.4pcb.com) for its recent sponsorship. We look forward to a continued partnership with Advanced Circuits.

Training Classes

CalSol is excited to announce a recent partnership with Training-Classes.com, an online directory of training, education, learning, and development programs and providers. Training-Classes.com’s directory includes information on Instructor Led Training (ILT), courseware, eLearning, home study and self paced learning resources. Training-Classes.com’s $1,000 sponsorhip qualifies it for the Bronze donor level.

CITRIS support

CalSol has recieved a $5,000 sponsorship from The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). This qualifies CITRIS for Silver Sponsor status, making them the first sponsor for the current CalSol project to earn the distinction. To learn about becoming a sponsor, please visit our Sponsorship Page.

Molds Arrived

The molds for the car have arrived.  We have sanded them down and put on the first layer of dry wall.  Over winter break we are going to sand down the dry wall and proceed with painting the molds.  We plan on getting the molds all finished up over winter vacation, so hopefully we’ll be …

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NASC schedule

The race schedule for the North American Solar Challenge has been released!. Also, a map of the route can be viewed here.

EECS support

The EECS Department just gave us a generous donation of $2,500. This qualifies the department for Bronze sponsorship status!

Designs Nearing Completion

We will be finished with the preliminary designs by October 1st in time for for submission to the North American Solar Car Challenge for review. We will begin machining the suspension by the first week of October. Additonally, we are having a private company machine the plug for us, so that is expected to be …

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Beginning Shell work

We are going to begin working on our shell molds over the next few week as our next car begins to become a physical reality.