Disclaimer: I know no student involved in this endeavor nor do I know anybody at their High School. These have got to be brave and hard working students. They deserve all the support we can give. According to the article they need at least $9,000 to complete the project so please give all you can.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171211/pana-students-take-on-solar-car-challenge
Pana students take on solar car challenge
PANA – Apparently building a moonbuggy wasn’t hard enough.
Pana High School students this year are setting out to build a solar-powered car from scratch and race it across Texas to California as part of the 2018 Solar Car Challenge.
Building the battery-powered four-wheeled rovers that Apollo astronauts used on the moon in the early 1970s is a tradition at Pana.
But industrial arts teacher Steve Bonser said students learned about the solar car challenge this summer and decided to give it a shot — despite being warned it wouldn’t be easy.
“The kids voted unanimously to up the game and take on a lot more work and build this solar car,” he said.
Starting to take shape
The framework of what will hopefully become a solar-powered car is beginning to take shape in the shop at the junior high school.
Bonser said the students have finished most of the design work and constructed the frame for the 8-foot long car. The goal is to have the entire vehicle, which will be street legal, finished in March.
Still early on in the process, Bonser said, the school was fortunate Battery Specialists in Taylorville donated a golf cart, which will provide some parts.
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