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The American Solar Challenge (ASC), previously known as the North American Solar Challenge and Sunrayce, is a solar car race across the United States. In the race, teams from colleges and universities throughout North America design, build, test, and race solar-powered vehicles in a long distance road rally -style event.
Electrek FSGP 2024 was held at the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, KY from July 16-18th. The 2024 event served as the qualifier for the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024 which immediately followed FSGP. Difficult weather resulted in many teams not meeting the qualification requirements for ASC with some being ...
The 5-seater solar car Lightyear One is built by the company Lightyear, [20] whose founder and CEO Lex Hoefsloot has already won the World Solar Challenge several times, e.g. in 2013 with the car "Stella" (Solar Team Eindhoven, Technical University Eindhoven). [21] The car was scheduled to go into production in 2021. [22]
The American Solar Challenge was sponsored in part by several small sponsors. However, funding was cut near the end of 2005, and the NASC 2007 was cancelled. The North American solar racing community worked to find a solution, bringing in Toyota as a primary sponsor for a 2008 race. [4] [5] Toyota has since dropped the sponsorship. The last ...
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers:
The 2024 CMAs’ other multiple winners were Chris Stapleton, who picked up three trophies, and show co-host Lainey Wilson (last year’s entertainer of the year winner), who got two. More from ...
The biggest names in sports were recognized at the 2024 ESPY Awards and some were lucky enough to take home the coveted silver statue. The ESPYs, which stands for Excellence in Sports Performance ...
The first American Solar Challenge race in 2001 was sponsored by EDS, the DOE, and NREL. WMU hosted scrutineering where the solar cars are inspected for mechanical, electrical and safety requirements. Sunseeker 95 was modified with a new array panel and more efficient solar cells. The wheels were replaced with the carbon fiber wheels used on ...