Solar Car Challenge
Coverage of Solar Car Challenge in the Nexus archive.
- Polytechnic School Students Prepare to Compete in National Solar Car Challenge
Polytechnic School’s Solar Car Team is returning to Texas for the third year to compete in the National Solar Car Challenge with their vehicle, Perihelion. They will face 23 other high school teams in a five-day endurance race, following last year’s second-place finish in the Advanced Division and winning the Jarrett Dunn Award for information systems.
- Staten Island students head to Texas for Solar Car Challenge this summer
Students from Ralph R. McKee High School and Staten Island Technical High School are building a solar-powered car as part of the Seagull Solar team, which will compete in the Solar Car Challenge in Texas this summer. The project involves hands-on engineering, teamwork, and collaboration between the two schools, with students handling fabrication, programming, and electrical systems.