In photos: NUsolar retires current car at annual race in Texas

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Solar Car 6 on the track. NUsolar competed at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix from July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. NUsolar’s Solar Car 6 (front left) at the starting grid before the start of a race day at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix from July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. NUsolar team members work on Solar Car 6’s electronics. The student team competed at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix from July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. A view of the road from just outside the cockpit of NUsolar’s Solar Car 6. The student team competed at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix from July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Members of NUsolar work on Solar Car 6 (SC6) from below. SC6 completed a net 12 laps over the two days of racing at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix, July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. NUsolar’s Solar Car 6 from the side. The student team competed at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix from July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. NUsolar team member Akash Borde, a rising junior, emerges from the cockpit of Solar Car 6. The student team competed at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix from July 3 to 8 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Solar Car 6 navigates the final turn before the start/finish line of the Circuit of America track in Austin, Texas. NUsolar raced the car from July 3 to 8 at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix.






EVANSTON – The Northwestern University Solar Car Team (NUsolar) raced its sixth-generation solar car for the final time earlier this month at the 2017 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, completing a net 12 laps over three days of racing.NUsolar’s Solar Car 6 (SC6) performed better each day, completing four laps on day ...

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