UM: Solar Car

The New York Times reports on the progress of the University of Michigan Solar Car Team as it competes in the World Solar Challenge in Australia: “The University of Michigan’s car, named Quantum, sat in third place behind Japanese and Dutch entries, respectively, when the fire put a halt to the 1,800-mile caravan across the Australian outback on Monday morning. ‘It’s pretty smoky in the distance,’ said Chris Hilger, the spokesman for the Michigan Solar Car Team, speaking by satellite phone on Monday afternoon from the Northern Territory town of Wauchope. ‘We definitely smell it where we are and can see it on the horizon.’” [Source]