Michigan Solar Car, University of Michigan Solar Car Team, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Introducing Generation - the newest solar car from the University of Michigan

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The University of Michigan Solar Car Team began the Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge in January 2015 with scrutineering at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Michigan is competing in this inaugural race with a unique team made up of both current students and alumni.

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In order to be able to compete in the "main event" of the Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge, teams have to compete in a qualifying event. This event was held as a track race at the Yas Marina Circuit in UAE. The race is used to both confirm the reliability of each car, as well as determine pole position for the actual race.

A team made up of current students and alumni of the Michigan Solar Car Team traveled to Abu Dhabi to compete in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge in January 2015.

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Alumni and current members of the University of Michigan Solar Car Team competed in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge in January 2015. The race was made up of some of the best teams from all over the world and ran its course through city streets and across the Emirati desert.

U-M's participation in the race was different from a normal race in that it committed to racing with an alumni team a mere couple of months before the competition. The team quickly bonded, however, and proved to be a strong competitor for the local favorite, the Petroleum Institute solar car team.

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The University of Michigan Solar Car team participated in their own "mock" race, starting at Camp Michigania near Petosky, MI, and traveling down through the Midwest. The practice race is designed to test the team's newest solar car, Aurum, as well as team procedures in preparation for the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia in October.

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ExperienceAmazing with the University of Michigan Solar Race Team and Aurum – America’s fastest solar race car. See how they used Intel processors to translate car data and guide then across the unforgiving Australian Outback during the 2015 World Solar Challenge, taking Aurum (and Intel tech) into solar racing history.

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Michael Adams, an alumnus of the Michigan Solar Car Team, talks about what driving a solar car during the World Solar Challenge in Australia is like.

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