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ISU students unveil new solar car

April 25, 2003 By admin

Engineering students at Iowa State University will unveil their new solar car this afternoon which they’ll use to compete in this summer’s cross-country American Solar Challenge. I-S-U sophomore Sarah Shay, an Omaha, Nebraska, native, helped build the car, which she says is unlike all other traditional vehicles.The car, dubbed Spectrum, is I-S-U’s seventh solar car over the years. It’s design is considered a “modified airfoil” and it’s painted gold. Though the driver lays at a 45-degree angle and has to steer upside-down using a tiny steering wheel in the three-foot-high vehicle, Shay says it’s an okay ride. She says the car is fairly comfortable just to lay in but when driving down the road, there’s a lot of wind noise and it’s pretty bumpy. The car is coated with 25-hundred solar cells which collect sunlight and power batteries which run the motor. Shay says it’s been a fun challenge building the car. The unveiling of the Spectrum is scheduled for 2:45 this (Friday) afternoon in the atrium of Howe Hall. The American Solar Challenge runs from Chicago to Los Angeles July 13-23.

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