solar ev thunder down under

MICHIGAN IS AIMING FOR ITS FIRST VICTORY IN NEXT MONTH'S 2013 WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE WITH A NEW ASYMMETRICAL RACECAR THAT IS READY FOR 1860 MI (2990 KM) IN THE AUSTRALIAN SUN.

FINISHING IN THIRD PLACE over the course of five World Solar Challenge races has the University of Michigan College of Engineering's team stoked that 2013 is finally going to be its year atop the podium at the premier event for sunlight-powered electric vehicles (EVs).

“We feel confident about Generation, our new car, which is in many ways a fairly radical departure from Quantum, its predecessor,” said Eric Hausman, the senior in Industrial and Operations Engineering who is the team's Project Manager. “We believe our chances in the race are excellent-and we'll be on four wheels this time.”