We had fun showing the car at Cal Day. We talked with kids, parents, prospective students and even some old members. Contrary to popular belief, our vehicle is not in fact a solar boat or even an alien spaceship (we think). Design work continues on our next car. We recently had electrical presentations […]
Following our great experience at the Formula Sun race, CalSol has spent most of the summer planning its direction for the next year and future vehicles. Now a new semester is beginning. Some of our members have graduated (notably the wonderful and skilled Ed Divita) and we look for fresh new faces. Our first general
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After driving 1700 miles the CalSol team has arrived at the Cresson Motorsport Ranch. The team has been working hard for long hours over the past few weeks in anticipation for the race. In these final hours before scrutineering for the race begins we are continuing the work on the car. 11 teams have come
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The CalSol team had a lot of fun in Santa Cruz showing the car to local high school students and others interested in solar technology. We spent Friday and Saturday at Soquel High School in Santa Cruz and did a quick talk on the KSCO AM 1080 radio station. You can read about the event
CalSol thanks Distance-Education.org, provider of information on online and other distance education programs, for their support of the team as a sponsor. Remember to check out their website and those of our other sponsors to see the organizations and companies which have helped our team to succeed. As you can tell from our last few
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CalSol went out to the RFS all through spring break to work on the car. The team worked on getting the car ready for presenting this year at Cal Day. We worked on attaching the shell to the chassis snugly and designing a new brake pedal. Once the shell attachment is finalized we will attach
The CalSol team wishes to thank our newest sponsor, Solar Sphere, distrubutor of solar products and information on solar technologies. To view a list of our current sponsors and to learn about becoming a CalSol sponsor please visit our Sponsorship page. Thank you for your continued support!
This weekend CalSol took the car out for a test drive. The mechanical framework -the chassis, steering, brakes and suspension are all operational. So we hooked up some lead acid batteries to the motor and took it for a spin. It cornered surprisingly well on our practice slalom course, and the front suspension reacted smoothly
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CalSol keeps progress on the car rolling by completing a rolling chassis. Progress report: We have a functional chassis, steering, and suspension. The shell canopy has been built and painted although is not permanently attached to the chassis. We are finishing up much of the mechanical work and now are able to begin testing the
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After an intense and productive summer of hard work on the car, the team ran into some last-minute difficulties with completing the steering mechanism and was unfortunately unable to race in this summer’s North American Solar Challenge. After sending a few representatives to observe and learn from the race, CalSol is back on its
