{"id":13470,"date":"2018-07-31T10:58:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T08:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=13470"},"modified":"2024-06-24T16:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:28:45","slug":"western-high-solar-cats-race-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/31\/western-high-solar-cats-race-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Western High Solar Cats – Race success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western High is a\u00a0high school\u00a0located in\u00a0Davie, Florida<\/a>. The Western High Solar Cats school team have been racing an updated version of their Solar Cat V2 in the 2018 solar car challenge – a cross country race from Fort Worth<\/a>, Texas to Palmdale<\/a>, California.<\/p>\n

Solar car class<\/h3>\n

The class for their solar car is the classic, where students build a metal framed vehicle from materials like aluminium and steel. The cars are powered with lead acid batteries that are charged by a solar array (no more than 19% efficient). The goal of the competition is to drive the\u00a0 solar car as far as possible, whilst maintaining at least 15mph.<\/p>\n

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Race success<\/h3>\n

Victron Energy dealer eMarine Systems of Fort Lauderdale had this to say about the 2018 race:<\/p>\n

“I have great news. The Western High School solar car that you help sponsor just completed the race yesterday evening, travelling from Texas to California. Out of the 14 cars racing in their division they have taken first place overall. In addition they have picked up additional trophies along the way.<\/p>\n

They were declared champions of the SCC classic division and won trophies virtually every day over the 6 day race. Additionally the car was awarded the Lockheed Martin ‘best in class engineering award’ for the best designed car. One of the team members also won an award because of his passionate interest in solar that he demonstrated throughout the race.<\/p>\n

This has been an exciting event. Your solar charge controllers, BMVs and Color Control GX\u00a0 worked flawlessly in extremely high heat and challenging road conditions, travelling through the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona – where temperatures soared \u00a0as high as 110\u00b0 Fahrenheit (43\u00b0 Celsius).<\/p>\n

Thank you for the support.”<\/p>\n

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Victron support<\/h3>\n

To help the team with their challenge Victron Energy supplied the following:<\/p>\n