Educational Links

Want to learn more about solar cars? Check out these websites for an overview of how solar energy works, the history of solar car racing, and how to build a solar car.

Solar Cells
An animation from PBS explaining the basics of solar cells.
Solar cell basics from the Department of Energy.
More detailed information about solar cells from howstuffworks.

Solar Cars
Wikipedia has more information on solar powered cars.
An overview of the systems in a solar car.
The team also made a couple of videos when sc5 was first built showing how the car works. Some aspects of the car have been improved since the videos were made, but they still provide good information about the basic design of a solar car.






Racing
The North American Solar Car Challenge and the Formula Sun Grand Prix are our primary races. Click on the respective race to be redirected to the race's website so you can learn more.
About.com has an an overview of the history of solar car racing.