ASC Day 2: Through the Rain and the Wind
Yesterday, we drove 161 miles from Rochester, New York, to Erie, Pennsylvania, cautiously setting our speeds since the forecast wasn’t very pretty — most of our sources said that there would be rain...
View ArticleASC Day 3 – Another Day Complete
Sorry for the late blog post but racing has kept every one of us busier than we could ever imagine. We did want to keep everyone up to date on what has been happening though! We began the day in…
View ArticleASC Stage 3 – Whether you Weather the Weather + Update!
The last two days of raycing, July 17th and 18th has been the third stage of the American Solar Challenge. This stage began in Ann Arbor Michigan and ended in Normal, IL. It has been quite the exciting...
View ArticleASC Stage 4: Wisconsin Roads
Following our third place finish in Normal, IL, another stage loomed in front of us: Normal, IL, to Verona, WI, to La Crosse, WI. Our strategy from the days before seemed to be working quite well, so...
View ArticleASC Stage 5: To St. Paul
Stage 5 of ASC: 150 miles from La Crosse, WI to St. Paul, MN. It seemed simple at first. Since we’d been driving 200+ mile stretches of road for most days before this, this seemed like it would be a…
View ArticleThe Return Trip: Fast and Fun
On Monday July 23 we visited 3M’s facility to speak with them about all of their new technologies that could help us build our next solar car. We found many intriguing new tapes, velcro’s, adhesives,...
View ArticleCalSol places 4th in the 2012 American Solar Challenge
The results are in, and CalSol has officially placed 4th in this year’s American Solar Challenge! Although we had already largely predicted this outcome based on the events of Stage 5, having our...
View ArticleCalSol at the Sonoma Indy Grand Prix
CalSol attended the Go Pro Indy Grand Prix sponsored by Sonoma Raceway and got to show off Impulse to hundreds of race car fans and gear-heads alike. We got a prime spot to display the car in front of...
View ArticleCalSol’s First General Meeting!
Last Wednesday, September 5th, CalSol had its first general meeting of the semester. After two weeks of recruiting, including displaying Impulse at Engineering Student Orientation, we expected a large...
View ArticleGreen Drive Expo
Followers of CalSol, come and join us tomorrow at the the Bay Area’s premier consumer expo dedicated to hybrid, plug-in, ev and other high-tech, ecofriendly vehicles, the Green Drive Expo! We’ll be...
View ArticleCal Homecoming – Go Bears!
UC Berkeley just completed its homecoming weekend festivities which included us beating UCLA 43-17 at our brand new stadium as well as many of the engineering teams out on display for everyone to see!...
View ArticleCalSol Goes to the BERC Symposium
CalSol will be attending the BERC Symposium on October 18, 2012 to show off Impulse to the hundreds of people who have come to discuss the major energy issues and solutions of our time. Come out to see...
View ArticleThe Next Generation
This past weekend, CalSol took a trip out to our composites shed for a hands-on training session focusing on composite layups. We had a really great turnout with new and older members from both the...
View ArticleImpulse on Display at Chabot Space and Science Center
The Chabot Space and Science Center is having a grand re-opening of Bill Nye’s Climate Lab on November 17th. CalSol was extended an invitation to not only help staff the event, but also to bring...
View ArticleTuft Testing at the Alameda Naval Base
Yesterday we had the awesome opportunity to do some aerodynamics testing at the abandoned naval airstrip in Alameda, thanks to Makani Power. For those of you who don’t know, this is the same location...
View ArticleSteering Wheel Molds
CalSol has been hard at work over our Winter Break touching up the designs on our shell, chassis, and suspension but in particular Sam Cohen and Parker Schuh on the Controls team have been working on...
View ArticleBody Design for Zephyr (Almost) Complete!
While many other Bear Engineers were taking a break from the rigors of UC Berkeley during Winter Break, the CalSol Shell team was busy optimizing the aerodynamics of its latest car, Zephyr. Since...
View ArticlePutting the SOLAR in CalSol, the Solar Vehicle Team
Greetings! My name is Min Ju, and I’m the lead for the newly-created Solar subteam. Here is a sneak peak of what the Solar subteam and I have been up to. 1. Encapsulation Encapsulation has been one of...
View ArticleSuspension/Chassis Team Updates
Recently, the suspension/chassis team has been working hard on finalizing the designs for the structural components of Zephyr. Because of the hard work of our team members, we have been able to shave...
View ArticleThank You, Terminal Manufacturing!
Terminal Manufacturing graciously took some time out of its schedule to teach 11 CalSol members how to do Tungsten-Inert-Gas (TIG) welding on aluminum. A big thanks to Jimmy for being a terrific...
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