The Race Is On!

Principia Solar Car – Telemetry Display – 2/28/2009

Asa’s video showing our new telemetry display for the solar car driver.


Principia Solar Car – 11/18/2008

After displaying the components inside our car on a visit to Siemens, we put the upper body back in place.

NX Designed Steering Wheel on Principia Solar Car – 11/18/2008

Tom shows the finished steering wheel that Justin designed using Siemen’s donated software.

NX Designed Solar Car – Steering Wheel – 11/18/2008

Justin explains how he designed our steering wheel in Siemen’s NX software.

Principia Solar Car & Siemens PLM – 11/18/2008

Steve talks about how NX software donated by Siemens has helped our team compete against leading engineering schools.

Principia Moves to Top 10 in Solar Car Challenge – 11/18/2008

Steve explains how Siemen’s software has allowed us to place in the top ten in every race since we started using it.

Go Green: Ill. students design ‘Ra’ – 10/23/2008

This is an excellent video produced by KMOV 4 News from St. Louis.  They came to our school one day to get some shots of the team and our car.  To see the video, either click on the title above or click here.

Solar Car Race Interview – 11/12/2008

Peter gets interviewed by someone from Toyota at the checkpoint in Bellevue, NE during NASC 2008.

2008 North American Solar Challenge – Video – 7/13/2008

Our solar car travels on regular roads just like any other vehicle!  This video by Mike Barkley was taken on the side of the road near Calera, OK, and shows Ra 7 cruising on the first day of NASC 2008.

Racing with the Sun – Summer 2005

Steve Warren produced a two-hour documentary of our team racing in NASC 2005.  To view a couple free video clips or to purchase the DVD, you may go directly to www.stevewarrenfilms.com.