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WMU Solar Car Ties for 3rd in Formula Sun, Races On

WMUK | By Sehvilla Mann

Published July 21, 2014 at 5:19 PM EDT

Western Michigan University’s Sunseekersolar car tied for third place in theFormula Sun Grand Prixin Austin, Texas last weekend. And the engineering students on the Sunseeker team aren’t done yet.

Starting July 21 they'll race the car against other college teams in the American Solar Challenge. That takes the Sunseeker on a more than 1700-mile course to Minneapolis.

By necessity, teams try to use as little energy as possible to reach the destination.

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Sehvilla Mann

Sehvilla Mann joined WMUK’s news team in 2014 as a reporter on the local government and education beats. She covered those topics and more in eight years of reporting for the Station, before becoming news director in 2022.

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