welcome to Kai is an Idiot part 430
It has very little padding, no AC, as little ventilation as possible, and drives through the desert
Have fun
Looks to be quite efficient design-wise.
Maximizing surface area of the solar panel for net energy gain and the front design looks to be made to minimize drag caused by air resistance. How are the tires?
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So basically, focus on self-sufficiency?
The engine is of the same as an electric car as it uses the energy obtained from the solar panels and then converts it to electricity to power it, right?
The tires are actually only rated to 80 mph, so that’s our top speed.
The last time we took one to a track with tires for higher speeds was 2011 or 2013 (don’t remember which) and the car got up to 115 or so.
I’m sure our current car could hit around 120 or higher, but we must follow the speed limit while racing across Australia, so there’s no real point in spending the time to try that out.
Technically, our battery acts as a middle-man a lot of the time, but yes it has an electric motor (or two, TBD) with no engine.
Still 80 with solar power seems crazy good, I hope you have fun with it. Do u get to drive it at all, even just for testing
I was a driver candidate, and have driven it, our 2017 car, and our mule car (steel frame for testing parts before putting them on the real thing) several times.
Was not chosen to be a driver, sadly - on the bright side, this is due to my importance as a member of the team’s support system. Instead, I’ll be in the vehicle directly behind the car, monitoring all information from the car and deciding what it will do for the entire race.
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Literally no clue, but it’s a up to seven-day race, so I doubt there’s anywhere to watch the whole thing.
