Your feet cry out in pain as they absorb the heat from the road. What if we could capture this heat and use it to our advantage. That is what Team PrISUm is doing along with thousands of other solar energy collection stations throughout the world. Team PrISUm uses this energy to race solar vehicles, but as consumers we could use it to dry our hair, heat our homes, make popcorn, or even run our computers.
Solar energy is collected using solar panels, which are made up out of solar cells.
Each solar cell is a small electricity-generating device. The electric connectors in the solar cell, captures these electrons and uses them as electricity For more information about how Team PrISUm's solar cars use this energy please take a look at the following PDF files. In these files, it shows how the car gets its energy, where it goes from there, and finally how it powers the car down the road. Our downloadable documents are available in PDF format, so you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files. Our latest car, PrISUm Phoenix, can reach speeds up to 76 miles per hour.