The task of pasolarvehicle is to create a solar-powered car capable of racing nearly across the country. The car has max speed of 60 miles per hour and is able to travel 200 miles on one charge. And, did we mention the students made it from scratch?
Students from Palo Alto High School are preparing to take a car that they built with their own hands and race it from Texas to Californiaare preparing to take a car that they built with their own hands and race it from Texas to California as part of one of the country's premier high school STEM competitions.
The Solar Car Challenge features 22 teams of from across the United States. Their task is to create a solar-powered car capable of racing nearly across the country. "I would have never thought that a group of high schoolers, especially that didn't even know each other, could come together, become almost like a family and create a car that could go across the states," Hanu Thakur said. "But we're about to do it."
Meet the Palo Alto Solar Racing Club...a small, but mighty and motivated group of students from Palo Alto High that are the innovators behind a solar-powered car.
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