Michigan’s solar car, the Quantum, is entering its test phase in preparation for the
eighteen hundred mile World Solar Challenge, which will take place in the Australian outback in October, 2011.
The University of Michigan team are champions of the North American Solar Challenge. The 2011 design has been developed using modeling software to simulate competition conditions. …
is based at the Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering at West Philadelphia High School. …
at the Philadelphia Auto Show in the Chrysler section on the main floor.
The 500 is expected to achieve excellent fuel economy in the mid-thirties, in miles per gallon.
The Edison2 Very Light Car wins five of the ten million dollar prize in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition. Each component of the Very Light Car has been scrutinized for achieving low weight and redesigned to maintain strength and deliver a simplified design. It is designed to reach a top speed over one hundred miles per hour and even incorporates an iPod driven sound system.
…
