Western Michigan Solar Car

Meeting times spring semester 2020.

Western michigan solar car.

Western michigan university recent graduate david ludens left junior nicholas killoran and recent graduate kevin kalchik work on the sunseeker 8 solar car at the western michigan university. Western michigan university doesn t quite have a stock car racing team but the sunseeker solar car team might be the closest thing. Our team s legacy of excellence has been upheld over its 30 year history. This analysis is for a 5 kw photo voltaic system exposed to the average sunlight conditions of michigan.

It takes a team of engineering students to design build and. Ford motor company and dte energy built the largest solar plant in the state a 1 04 mw solar car port at ford s world headquarters in dearborn michigan in 2015. We design build and race solar powered vehicles in the american solar challenge. Solar farms and arrays.

On a cost per watt w basis a solar panel installation in michigan ranges in price from 2 69 to 3 65. We are the sunseeker solar car project a team of students from western michigan university. Although there are sunnier states than michigan the average electricity price is around 0 14 kwh which is above the national average. The team has won the american solar challenge nine times had podium finishes in the bridgestone world solar challenge six times and won its first international championship in 2015 at the abu dhabi solar challenge.

Since 1989 the university of michigan solar car team has been designing building and racing america s best solar vehicles. Cars sponsors donate who are we. We are a team of students from western michigan university in kalamazoo michigan. Curious to know more.

Sunseeker solar car project western michigan university kalamazoo mi. In 2015 dte built a 1 1 mw solar farm at domino s farms near ann arbor slightly larger than the ford carport. We build and race. Kalamazoo mich western michigan university s sunseeker solar race car team celebrated its 30th anniversary with an impressive performance at the formula sun grand prix in austin texas.

This makes solar power a sound investment because every unit of energy produced is worth more than the average price of electricity in the us. Electrum is the fifteenth car made by michigan solar since being founded in 1989. The average cost of a solar panel installation in michigan ranges from 13 472 to 18 228. In july 2012 michigan s largest rooftop array 977 6 kw was installed in canton on the ikea store.