Independence Day and Celebrating the American Solar Challenge!
With only days until the race, CalSol has been working in overdrive, and the results are showing in the impressive performance of Zephyr. The team is working all hours of the day and night testing the...
View ArticleFSGP/ASC2014: Pre-Departure, Day 0
What a rough week it’s been. The team had planned on departing to Austin, TX on Thursday morning. But as luck would have it, we blew out our braking system on Zephyr while testing on Wednesday evening....
View ArticleFSGP/ASC2014 Update: Scrutineering
Hello everyone! Sorry to keep you in the dark during this past week… if you kept up with our facebook posts, you’d know that this past week was filled with a whole lotta fixing for our team. The team…
View ArticleFSGP/ASC2014: We Have Withdrawn
Saturday July 19th was CalSol’s first and last day participating in the Formula Sun Grand Prix 2014 at the Circuit of the Americas. CalSol successfully got Zephyr on the track on Saturday morning. We...
View ArticleThe Team’s Snapshots from FSGP 2014!
Although everything couldn’t quite come together this time, the team certainly had a memorable experience these past two weeks. The mechanical team put in a truly incredible amount of work into Zephyr...
View ArticleThank you Starlink!
Starlink Co. has yet again provided us with stickers and decals for Zephyr, free of charge. Starlink is a leader in digital printing, and the kind folks at Starlink even expedited our decals order so...
View ArticleSunPower Sponsor Spotlight!
CalSol recently visited SunPower at their Richmond office on November 5, 2014. We displayed our newest racing vehicle, Zephyr, and discussed our progress and future plans and projects. We also took...
View ArticleThank you, Kreysler & Associates!
Going with the trend of honoring our top three sponsors for Zephyr / ASC 2014, this shout out is for Kreysler & Associates. Kresyler donated time on their 3 and 5-axis CNCs to machine our molds at...
View ArticleSolar Car Conference 2015
This past weekend five members of CalSol attended the first Solar Car Conference! The conference was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan’s Solar Car Team and organized...
View ArticleCalDay 2015
CalDay is one day and a million stories. It is a momentous day of the Spring Semester at UC Berkeley where new admits have the opportunity to visit campus, view labs, ask questions, take tours, and...
View ArticleMid-Summer Update – Powering Up and Strapping In for FSGP 2015!
It’s just three weeks until the Formula Sun Gran Prix at the Circuit of the Americas race track in Austin, Texas, and the CalSol team is looking forward to driving with and competing against the rest...
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No-Mar Tire Changer Sponsorship
With 2 weeks until Formula Sun Grand Prix, CalSol members have been excitedly pushing the pace of work in anticipation. This work has been happening full force in multiple disciplines of CalSol-...
View ArticleZephyr Fairing Doors
“The last 5% of the work takes 95% of the time.” -Unknown These words ring true to CalSol as we approach FSGP. We have nine days until competition starts with the time flying by. Zephyr has been in...
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FSGP Scrutineering Success
All the green stickers have aligned- CalSol has completed each section of scrutineering and will be excitedly moving onto the Circuit of the Americas (CotA) track tomorrow! The three days of...
View ArticleThank You and Happy Holidays
It’s that time of year again. There is a distinct lack of holiday decorations, not nearly enough presents, and no one appears to be caroling. Yet, everyone seems to be bubbling with glee and...
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