Author: Hika Harris

Scrutineering Day 3

Featured, General, Post of the Week, Texas

As the team comes off a highly successful completion of scrutineering on day two, the focus has shifted to finishing touches, final replacements, and practice leading up to race day tomorrow.  As usual, most of the electrical group started early in the pits, testing and logging solar panel data. This information – sorted, calculated, and […]

July 13, 2024

A New Technique for Soldering Solar Cells

General, Solar

As we refine SOCKEYE for the 2024 Solar Car Challenge, the solar panel subteam has been experimenting with new, potentially more effective soldering strategies. The use of our sponsor, Maxeon Sunpower’s solar cells is vital to the team, as they produce the industry-leading super-efficient silicon cells that make up the heart of the car. Throughout […]

February 13, 2024