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🚗💨 WE DID IT! Thanks to your incredible support, we exceeded our goal for #GiveToTheMaxDay! 🙌💛 Your generosity fuels our journey to innovate, compete, and represent #UMNproud. Here’s to building our 16th solar car and conquering the 2025 Wo
🌞🚗 Happy Give to the Max Day! We’ve raised $5,619 so far, but we need YOUR help to reach our $25,000 goal for Give to the Max Day! Thanks to a generous matching pledge from two CSE alumni, every dollar you donate TODAY will be doubled—f
🎉 Only 3 days until Give to the Max Day! We are getting ready to work on our next solar car and need your help. Link in our bio to find our donation page! Every contribution fuels the future of sustainable innovation. 🌞💡 #UMNSolar #UMNGive #UMNPro
Inspired by the 1990 GM Sunrayce, UMN’s Solar Vehicle Project has been building and racing solar cars for over 30 years. 🌞🚗 Last October, we made history as the highest-placing American team in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, and we&rs
Gaia just got back from being in the homecoming parade, and it was an absolute blast! 🎉✨ Marching alongside team members and soaking up all the energy from the crowd was unforgettable. The smiles, the cheers, and the vibrant signs made it a day to r
Visit Gaia at the Electric Vehicle Showcase this Saturday, October 5th! We will be joining other top electric vehicle producers and are excited to showcase our hard work!
We had a blast meeting all of the new students at Welcome Week! To start off our recruitment season, we will be having a number of informational sessions. At these sessions, you will learn about our mission, team structure, races, and so much more! W
We regret announcing our withdrawal from the American Solar Challenge. Despite our success in finishing third at FSGP and our excitement to continue our journey at ASC, we ran into race-ending motor issues on Saturday. Though disappointed, we retur
Results from the final day of FSGP are in! We finished the event having completed 158 laps over the past three days - and secured third place! 🥉 🎉 The team now looks forward to beginning the American Solar Challenge which kicks off Saturday morning
First day of racing complete! 🏁 🚗 ☀️ We successfully adjusted our lights and achieved our last needed green from the scrutineers, which meant we were off to the races!... well qualifying that is. Pitstops went smoothly, with the car stopping for
Day 3 of scrutineering done! Though we had some minor setbacks with our lights, we eaned greens from Impound/MOV today. We worked on getting our lights to meet regulations for the rest of the evening and hope to get them approved by the scrutineers t
Day 2 of scrutineering complete! We started off the morning with mechanical scrutineering. Though most of the day was smooth, the scrutineers pointed out a few adjustments the team needed to make in order to pass. After receiving feedback we got stra
🏁 Day 1 of scrutineering is in the books! After a long journey, we rolled into Bowling Green and set up our garage. It was a hustle getting ready for scrutineering, but we’ve had a blast talking with the other teams and learning more about the
It was a rainy time for the second day of our Mock Race in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, Iowa dropped out of the race due to electrical issues leaving us with no competitor. We decided to continue the race so that the team would have experience in a race
Today is the first day of our mock race against Iowa state from Wisconsin to Minnesota. After a long drive, we arrived in Wisconsin and set up tents for the night. As we prepare for our race tomorrow each member of the team is getting comfortable wit
Gaia is in her trailer at Target Field excitingly waiting for the game tomorrow. The wonderful people there wanted to display Gaia for STEM Day. She'll be there from 10 - 12pm so be sure to visit her while you're there! https://www.mlb.com/press-rel
Happy Earth Day from the University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project! Our team has been hard at work preparing to send our next solar car to the American Solar Challenge. This Earth Day, we recognize their diligence and enthusiasm towards buildin
Thank you to our amazing sponsor Quantronic! We recently got our boards for the 2024 American Solar Challenge picked and placed by Quantronic’s amazing team. They have been big supporters and sponsors of our team for a while now and we are so g
We are pleased to announce we’ve been awarded a Digi Green Tech award in the category of Green Vehicle Technology! We appreciate Digi’s continued support of the team!
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