Author name: Michael Vogel

Rayce Day 2 dawned bright, promising a sunny day for the team.  Due to our misfortunes yesterday with the batteries, our team decided to get up early to take advantage of the morning sun and begin charging. The team got into position for an on-time start at 8am, ready for a full day of driving. […]

G’day mate, We’ve passed scrutineering! After a full day of inspection, Impulse has been declared ready for the Saturday dynamic testing for the Veolia World Solar Challenge. Scrutineering took place on Thursday in the Darwin Convention center, which is apparently the largest air conditioned room in the Southern Hemisphere. The cool air was a welcome

Today was the first full day of testing for CalSol. After much debugging and coding yesterday, Impulse began moving quickly and efficiently with no errors. With the success yesterday brought us, we were pumped and ready to get out driving at the Hidden Valley Raceway here in Darwin.

This is Recon checking in. Jessica has some business back in the caravan today so instead we have Steven Rhodes, the team’s camp manager filling in for her today. He has been in charge of making sure that the team is fed healthy food to keep us all moving, in addition to making sure everyone