Immediately was the official begin of racing on the Electrek Method Solar Grand Prix 2025! There was an incredible vitality (and warmth) on the bottom at NCM Motorsports Park as almost a dozen groups took to the observe. At the moment, as of writing, Stanford is ranked #1 within the SOV (Single-Occupant Car) class with 68 registered laps. Nevertheless, the quickest lap to this point belongs to UC Berkeley, which clocked a 4:45 on the three.15-mile observe. That’s a mean pace of just below 40 mph on nothing however photo voltaic vitality. Not unhealthy!
Within the MOV (Multi-Occupant Car) class, Polytechnique Montréal is narrowly forward of Appalachian State by simply 4 laps. Eventually yr’s method solar race, Polytechnique Montréal took first place total on this class, and the workforce hopes to repeat that success. It’s nonetheless too early for prediction although, and something can occur between now and the ultimate day of racing on Saturday.
Congrats to the groups that made it on observe as we speak. We look ahead to seeing much more on the market tomorrow. Within the meantime, listed below are some photographs from as we speak by way of the occasion’s fantastic photographer Cora Kennedy.
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