Students Unveil Solar Car

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Ari Siletz

bfarahmand

by Ari Siletz on Thu Jul 21, 2011 07:42 PM PDT

The Persian Gazelle 2 (actually, Ghazaal e Irani) was built by a Tehran University team.

By the way, I'm surprised no one has griped about my leaving out Qazvin Azad University who also has an entry in the race. Their "Haavyn" (supposedly meaning "Radiating Sun", but Dehkhoda says it means "Summer" in Kurdish" ) is competing too. It is car  #73 in the race, max speed 84 mph (135 km/h).


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ali_aaa

Thanks for clarification Ari Jaan

by ali_aaa on Thu Jul 21, 2011 07:33 PM PDT

GO IRAN GO!


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iamfine

Ari Siletz

by iamfine on Thu Jul 21, 2011 07:29 PM PDT

I am proud of our team. I wish them the best. Are they part of Sharif university? or independent

BTW - Thanks for your indepth explaination of this event.


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Faramarz

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

by Faramarz on Thu Jul 21, 2011 07:02 PM PDT

Thanks Ari for translating. My Azari is not that good either.

Go #22!

I'll put a few shrimps on the barbie for the boys!


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Bavafa

More power and success to the Iranian team, go #22

by Bavafa on Thu Jul 21, 2011 06:17 PM PDT

And Thanks Ari jaan for being the IC Wikipedia and always bringing voice of support, logic and fairness to the table.

'Vahdat' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad


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Ari Siletz

Bubble intact ali_aaa

by Ari Siletz on Thu Jul 21, 2011 04:18 PM PDT

They have had cars that look like these for over 20 years, but the performances were very different. 

Here's a comparison of 1987 to 2005 winners:

1987: racetime, 44 hours 54 minutes. Avg speed, 66.9 km/hr.

2005: 29 hour 11 minutes. Avg speed 102.8 km/hr.

In addition, the races get tougher as allowable solar cell area, battery weight and mechanical restrictions are added. This is to guide the designs towards practical solar cars for everyday use.

The car shape changes have been small compared to the progress that has been made since 20 years ago in photovoltaics, battery weight, and material sciences. 


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ali_aaa

not to burst anyone's bubble

by ali_aaa on Thu Jul 21, 2011 03:54 PM PDT

but they had these solar cars in univresity comptition 20 years ago in north america.


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Ari Siletz

Australia Solar Challenge Competition

by Ari Siletz on Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:55 AM PDT

If all goes well, this October 16, Persian Gazelle 2 will be competing in a race to cross Australia (Darwin to Adelaide =3000 km) in the solar powered car. Root for car #22! 

MIT (car #4, max speed 113 km/hr, cruising 80 km/hr) and Stanford (car #16, max speed unknown, cruising 85 km/hr) and some other biggies will be in the race.

"Road tests showed that Gazelle 2 can reach the speed of 120km/h, but we believe that it can be increased to 150km/h,"According to Iran team manager.

I hope visas to Australia (or sanction issues) don't become an issue for Iranian team members. One of the questions on the FAQ list for the event is: "What visa do I need to travel to Australia." 

 

If we win, please no Allah O Akbars. Though chants to the ancient Sun God would be in context.

Info.

 

 

 


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amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Bood Bood Ding Ding.

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:26 AM PDT

I love the bading ding car.


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ImtheKing

Bery, bery good!

by ImtheKing on Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:57 AM PDT

I'm bery proud and hope we'll all ride one such car in a free Iran.


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