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by tesseract 16y ago

kia 16y ago
In the submitted article they are talking about officially registered record.
- tesseract 16y ago
  I do know that in the races these cars are designed to compete in, the top teams regularly run at the speed limits: 130 km/h in the (Australia) World Solar Challenge, 65 mph in the (USA) American Solar Challenge; not sure about the South African or Japanese races. If for some reason Guinness doesn't have that recorded, then perhaps one of the competitors in those races should invite them? e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokai_Challenger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokai_Challenger or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuna_5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuna_5
  - robryan 16y ago
    Might be special restrictions on the speed record, like flat road and certain wind conditions.
    - lwat 16y ago
      You have to go twice in opposite directions on the same road and take the worst time
bmunro 16y ago
I think that this is a record for a car using silicon based solar cells. The car came first in the silicon section of the 2009 world solar challenge, and fourth overall.
jedc 16y ago
To summarize that article, The University of Michigan Solar Car Team reached 105 mph at Ford's Proving Ground in 2010. It looks like they never officially called Guinness, so that's why their record isn't in the books. (I used to be the project manager of the team back in the late 90's... you can see our car at Boston's Museum of Science.) :)
- illumen 16y ago
  Did they follow all the rules? Or were they assisted by wind in one direction? It's not just the act of not calling the record keepers - it is following the rules, and having people make sure that there is no funny business going on.
- fnazeeri 16y ago
  It's a solar only record without any battery assist. Also, they don't control for weather somifnthere was more sun one day that's justntoo bad..
- fnazeeri 16y ago
  BTW Jed, I heard they're pulling the car from the Bos MOS display and sending back to A2. :-(
  - jedc 16y ago
    Seriously? Any info as to when?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20007977-48.html http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20007977-48.html

kia 16y ago

In the submitted article they are talking about officially registered record.

tesseract 16y ago
I do know that in the races these cars are designed to compete in, the top teams regularly run at the speed limits: 130 km/h in the (Australia) World Solar Challenge, 65 mph in the (USA) American Solar Challenge; not sure about the South African or Japanese races. If for some reason Guinness doesn't have that recorded, then perhaps one of the competitors in those races should invite them? e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokai_Challenger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokai_Challenger or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuna_5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuna_5
- robryan 16y ago
  Might be special restrictions on the speed record, like flat road and certain wind conditions.
  - lwat 16y ago
    You have to go twice in opposite directions on the same road and take the worst time

bmunro 16y ago

I think that this is a record for a car using silicon based solar cells. The car came first in the silicon section of the 2009 world solar challenge, and fourth overall.

jedc 16y ago

To summarize that article, The University of Michigan Solar Car Team reached 105 mph at Ford's Proving Ground in 2010. It looks like they never officially called Guinness, so that's why their record isn't in the books. (I used to be the project manager of the team back in the late 90's... you can see our car at Boston's Museum of Science.) :)

illumen 16y ago
Did they follow all the rules? Or were they assisted by wind in one direction? It's not just the act of not calling the record keepers - it is following the rules, and having people make sure that there is no funny business going on.
fnazeeri 16y ago
It's a solar only record without any battery assist. Also, they don't control for weather somifnthere was more sun one day that's justntoo bad..
fnazeeri 16y ago
BTW Jed, I heard they're pulling the car from the Bos MOS display and sending back to A2. :-(
- jedc 16y ago
  Seriously? Any info as to when?