About the Challenge

The 2008 North American Solar Challenge (NASC2008) is a competition to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross-country time/distance rally event. Teams compete in a 2400 mile drive from Dallas, Texas to Calgary, Alberta.

NASC2008 Solar Car Teams

Officially Entered*	Organization	Car Name
X	CalSol	Ursola II
X	Durham University	DUSC2008
X	ETS - Ecole de technologie superieure	Eclipse VI
X	FH Bochum Solar Car Team	SolarWorld 1
X	Illinois State University	Mercury II
X	Iowa State University	Sol Invictus
X	Istanbul Technical University	Ariba IV
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Tesseract II
X	McMaster University	Phoenix II
X	Michigan State University	Brasidius
X	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Solar Miner VI
X	Northwestern University	nu'Nergy II
	Ohio State University	RS Firefly
X	Oregon State University	Rain Dancer
X	Principia College	RA 7
X	Queen's University	Aurum
X	Red River College	The Raycer
	Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville	Mercury II
X	University of Arizona	Drifter 2.0
X	University of Calgary	Schulich 1
X	University of Kentucky	Gato del Sol III
X	University of Michigan	Continuum
X	University of Minnesota	Centaurus
X	University of Texas Austin	Samsung Solorean
X	University of Waterloo	Midnight Sun IX
X	Western Michigan University	Sunseeker

Demonstration Vehicle
Auburn University	Sol of Auburn TIGER
Georgia Institute of Technology
Kansas State University	Paragon
University of Missouri	Tigergen I