Last Saturday, April the 15th, was Earth Day. The Arizona Solar Racing Team took part in the celebration by participating in the local Earth Day parade. This picture set shows the team preparing the car for the parade. Other picture sets show more activity that took place during and after the parade.
Members move both the chassis and the body out of the trailer.
Here is a picture of the new foot pedal assembly. The right pedal is the throttle and the left is regenerative braking. Steve is validating the operation of the new top secret precharge circuit, before Brenden drives Brendan takes the chassis portion of the car for a spin. Notice the helmet, always safety first, especially when Brendan drives. Rick cleans sediment off of the array from water deposits and good old Arizona dust Dirty cells cause the solar array to function less efficiently To prevent the solar cells from overheating and damaging their encapsulant, the array must be cooled with water.