Student Solar-Car Developers: What Motivates Them?

Stanford Solar Car 2015 by Flickr user SUSolarCar (Used under CC License)

Every two years, students from around the world converge on Australia to race solar cars across the continent. In the World Solar Challenge (WSC), they compete to see which purpose-built solar car is most efficient over 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) on the journey between Australia’s northern and southern coasts. As in any race, the WSC can be as… …read more