page_title: University of Michigan Solar Car Team
section_title: Vehicles by year
hierarchical_section_title: University of Michigan Solar Car Team / Vehicles by year
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture taken with my camera (Olympus Stylus 7010) during roll-down testing on the Stuart Highway in Australia. This solar car, Infinium, is the 10th car built by the University of Michigan Solar Car Team.
context_page_description: The University of Michigan Solar Car Team is a 501 non-profit organization at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It is the most successful solar car team in North America, having won the North American Solar Challenge eight times. The team has also placed third in the World Solar Challenge five times. Six of its former vehicles are on display in museums in the United States, including the Henry Ford Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and the Boston Museum of Science.
context_section_description: 1990: Sunrunner -  Driven by Paula Finnegan and David Noles for GM Sunrayce: 1st place; WSC: 3rd place.  On permanent display at The Henry Ford.
  1993: Maize & Blue - Sunrayce USA: 1st place; WSC: 11th place. On permanent display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
  1995: Solar Vision - GM Sunrayce: DNF (did not finish). On permanent display at the Great Lakes Science Center.
  1997: Wolverine - GM Sunrayce: 6th place.
  1999: MaizeBlaze - GM Sunrayce: 17th place; WSC: 9th place.
  2001: M-Pulse - ASC: 1st place; WSC: 3rd place.  On display at the Peterson Automotive Museum
  2003: Spectrum - ASC: DNQ (did not qualify)
  2005: Momentum - NASC: 1st place; WSC: 3rd place.
  2007: Continuum - WSC: 7th place in the Challenge class after recovering from a crash on the first day of racing.
  2008: Continuum - NASC: 1st place.
  2009: Infinium - WSC: 3rd place.
  2010: Infinium - ASC: 1st place.
  2011: Quantum - WSC: 3rd place.
  2012: Quantum - ASC: 1st place.
  2013: Generation - WSC: 9th place.
  2014: Quantum - ASC: 1st place.
  2015: Quantum - Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge: 1st place.
  2015: Aurum - WSC: 4th place.
  2016: Aurum - ASC: 1st place.
  2017: Novum - WSC: 2nd place. (Best ever finish for an American student team)
  2018: Novum - ASC: 2nd place.
  2019: Electrum - BWSC: 3rd place.
caption: Infinium during roll-down testing on the Stuart Highway.
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA", "Image Make": "OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.", "Image Model": "u7010,S7010", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Version 1.0", "Image DateTime": "2009:10:02 23:13:08", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "996", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 51, 48, 48, 0, 0, 37, 0, 1, 0, 20, 0, ... ]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "9204", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6045", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/500", "EXIF FNumber": "17/2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Creative", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2009:10:02 23:13:08", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2009:10:02 23:13:08", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "317/100", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3968", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2976", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "5486", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "28", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "Low gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal"}