North American Solar Challenge

Due to the 2020 american solar challenge being postponed these regulations apply to vehicles designed to compete in the 2020 formula sun grand prix or the 2021 american solar challenge events.

North american solar challenge. July 25 2008 leave a comment. Its been a long adventure but i finally made it home. North american solar challenge july a biannual competition in which participants design build and race solar powered cars in a cross country event. Teams currently are racing through oklahoma and kansas.

The american solar challenge is a competition to design build and drive solar powered cars in a cross country time distance rally event. The purpose of. The american solar challenge asc previously known as the north american solar challenge and sunrayce is a solar car race across the united states. As it was years ago.

Teams compete over a 1 500 2 000 mile course between multiple cities across the country. North american solar challenge documentary. The event has had over two decades of organized events in north america. 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.

The american solar challenge asc previously known as the north american solar challenge and sunrayce is a solar car race across the united states. The american solar challenge is a biennial solar car endurance tour which takes teams across more than a thousand miles of open road. As with previous events the american solar challenge in 2018 is preceded by a track based qualifying event the formula sun grand prix. Mcmaster s solar car phoenix was the 16th car to depart from the starting line on sunday and was able to make up a spot to depart in 15th place on monday.

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 asc is a test of teamwork engineering skill and endurance that stretches. For the 2010 race the organizers renamed the event again this time changing the name back to american solar challenge to reflect its route which is now entirely within the u s. I am so proud of the team for making it across the finish line in calgary. The cars entered in the race called rayce due to the solar powered vehicles used are designed and built by teams of engineering students from about 20 american and canadian universities.