General Motors Sponsors a Solar-Powered Car Race
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Business, Automobiles, Cars, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Transportation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Michigan, Florida
- Date: July 9-19, 1990
Article abstract: General Motors, the Department of Energy, and the Society of Automotive Engineers held a solar-powered car race in the United States to challenge college engineering students and to show the potential of solar energy and electric vehicles.
Summary of Event
In 1987, Hughes Aircraft, an independently managed subsidiary of General Motors (GM), and AeroVironment, a company in which GM held stock, built a solar automobile called the Sunraycer to compete in the 1,867-mile Pentex World Solar Challenge in Australia. Howard G. Wilson, Paul B....
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