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  • UK Solar Car Makes Cut for Race
    UK News

    LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 11, 2008) ? The University of Kentucky’s Solar Car Team made the cut Thursday and will be among at least eight cars that will race from Plano, Texas, to Calgary, Alberta, beginning Sunday at 9 a.m. (CDT).

    The UK College of Engineering student team received approval of its car, "Gato Del Sol III," following inspections by officials of the 2008 Solar Car Challenge in Plano. The inspections looked at each entry’s array of solar panels, body and sizing, driver, battery protection, electrical system, mechanical system, dynamic and support.

  • University of Ky. solar car race team seeks sponsors
    LawReader.com

    University of Ky. solar car race team seeks sponsors. Get your firm’s name on the car as it races from Texas to Calgary, Canad

    The University of Kentucky has an entry in a race to demonstrate the use of solar cells to power automobiles. The U.K. solar powered car is called Gato Del Sol III. (Gato is Spanish for “cat”, the name translates into Cat of the Sun or Sun Cat.)

    The race begins in Plano, Texas on July 13 and will end in Calgary, Canada on July 22nd.

    You can learn more about the race and how to help the U.K. entry at www.uksolarcar.com.

  • UK's solar vehicle qualifies for Texas-to-Alberta race
    The Courier Journal

    LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A team of University of Kentucky engineering students hopes to be rolling soon on a 2,400-mile road trip from Plano, Texas, to Canada, driving a car powered only by sunlight -- and a lot of hard work.
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    Gato del Sol III -- UK's third entry into the North American Solar Challenge -- will be the school's first car to make it through the preliminary scrutiny and qualifying rounds and will join 23 other solar-powered vehicles on the transcontinental trek, promises team president Matt Hatfield of Louisville.

    "This car is not failing this time. I guarantee that," said Hatfield, 23, who graduated in May with a mechanical engineering degree and who helped build Gato del Sol II in 2005.

    UK is the only school in Kentucky participating in the race.

  • UK Solar Car Will Compete In National Race
    WKYT

    University of Kentucky's Solar Car Team has developed a car, Gato Del Sol III, that runs exclusively on solar energy. The car boasts of 474 individual solar panels

    The team, comprised of students, plans to compete against other engineering universities in the 2008 North American Solar Challenge this July.

    The challenge consists of a 2,400 mile race. It begins in Texas, with six checkpoints along the 10 day journey. They hope to compete the race at the final checkpoint in Calgary, Canada.

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