SC5

SC5 (2006-2010) is the Northwestern University Solar Car Team’s 5th generation solar vehicle. SC5 was engineered primarily to compete in the American Solar Challenge 2008, a 2400 mile race from Dallas, Texas to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SC5 came in 13th place, out of 25 teams the registered for the rayce. This is the best finish to date for NUSolar. SC5 was raced again in the Formual Sun Grand Prix 2009, and came in 3rd place. We are currently in the process of updating and improving SC5 for the American Solar Challenge 2010. We are reusing SC5 so we can improve the mistakes made in SC5, rather then redoing everything, including what we did right.