Update: Taiwan & UNM Solar Vehicle Project
Posted By RichC on August 28, 2006
Adem Ruden, from the University of Minnesota, updated a previous post from July in regard to the UMN Solar Vehicle Project competing in Tawain. I’ll post directly from his email. Keep us posted … we’re pulling for the team! (Interesting fact: GeekSquad founder ‘attended’ UMN, but dropped out as a Junior because of cost … he is now worth millions yet is returning to college to finish his degree.)
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Adem Ruden writes:
The car has supposedly arrived safely, sometime last week. Based on talk among teams and reviewing the participants page, the three cars to watch will likely be Ashiya University, Kamm Solar Racing, and us.
Ashiya’s built up an amazing record over the past decade, they’ve positively dominated Suzuka for at least the past 6 years. Mr. Joachim Kamm’s car is designed solely for this type of rally race (unlike many cars, such as ours, that were first and foremost designed for endurance races), and handily won the Rallye Solaire in France that was held in early June. As for our car, we have also built up an impressive record, and it is designed to handle well on curvy tracks. On the other end of the spectrum, there are two teams who are racing for the first time! I wish them well, and hope that they learn a lot.
It’ll be an interesting experience, and no matter what happen, I guarantee that we’re all going to have a lot of fun.
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