Author name: Ed Divita

Stormy Weather

CalSol stayed up all night working on the car. We made a lot of progress on the electrical system although the continuous rain, thunder and lightning plus a brief tornado watch forced us to pack up our camp and delayed our progress. Despite coping with extreme winds and flooded tents throughout the night, our electrical

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Cal Day and Santa Cruz

Thanks to everyone who made the hike up to Etcheverry Hall on Cal Day to check out the new car! It’s always fun when we get to show off our hard work, and everyone on our team was excited by the large turnout and interest in our project. I’d also like to give a shout

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The Array is On!

Last weekend we attached the photovoltaic panels to the shell. It’s pretty exciting to see how much simply adding the panels changes the whole look of the shell. There is still a fair amount of work to do: all the solar panels still need to be wired together and we also need to do some

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