SIUE Solar Racing Team

Our kickoff interest meeting for the year was a success! We welcomed many new faces and were able to introduce them all to the various fundamentals of our team. Stay tuned for further meetings for the year and follow along as we establish our new team!

The semester is here! Interested in joining our mission? Visit us at our general interest meeting tomorrow, Tuesday August 25, from 5-7PM to learn more about who we are and what we do. All majors are welcome! There is plenty of work to do across engineering disciplines as well as marketing, recruitment, outreach, and media duties! We are a multidisciplinary team and look forward to having you join us. To stay up to date (and also if you are unable to make our general interest meeting), access our official team correspondence through our Discord server, link in bio. Roll Cougs!

We’ll be around this week, weekend, and throughout the first week of class. Stop by our bay (Engineering Building 0072) and check out the car, ask questions, and join us on our adventure this year! 😉

We’ll be around this week, weekend, and throughout the first week of class. Stop by the bay (Engineering Building 0072) and check out the car, ask questions, and join us on our adventure this year! 😉

T-minus two weeks… With plan and prep already underway, we are excited to continue our momentum into the new school year and do even greater things! Come visit our workspace in the West Design Team Workspace (EB 0072) or join our Discord, the official hub for team communication (link in bio)!

The Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix has come to an end. We worked hard and put in our best effort during 4 days of scrutineering and 3 days of race, and are extremely proud of how far we came. We passed with all greens and got on the track the first day of FSGP! Orion drove a total of 508.2 miles over the course of FSGP and American Solar Challenge. Although we would love to continue alongside the other teams, the experience we gained has been worth it! This was a valuable opportunity for us and we are excited for FSGP 2027!

SIUE will Host Solar Car Route 66 Stop for Electrek American Solar Challenge

Check out the details: https://www.siue.edu/news/2026/07/SIUEtoHostSolarCarDriverswithFestivalDuringElectrekAmericanSolarChallengeRoute66StopinEdwardsville.shtml

That is a wrap on FSGP 2026! We concluded the race with 91 official laps, and 122 laps completed. This means... drumroll please...

We have qualified provisionally for American Solar Challenge 2026! This means we will see you at the starting line on the 25th, and Edwardsville on the 27th! In the meantime, we will be at Display Day on University of Minnesota campus, home of UMN Solar Vehicle Project!

Watch the last day of the Formula Sun Grand Prix LIVE. A big thank you to our sponsors and everyone who helped us get here. SIUE School of Engineering

Can’t make it out to the event? No problem—you can follow along from anywhere in the world on our livestreams! We will be live-streaming throughout the events over the next two weeks.

🏎️ : Dynamics (July 20th - 9:30am)
🏁 : Electrek FSGP Start Line & Event Days (July 21st - 9:45am, July 22nd & 23rd)
🏆: Electrek FSGP Awards Ceremony (July 23rd - 7:00pm)
🛣️: Electrek ASC Start & Finish Line (July 25th - 8:30am, August 1st - 12:00pm)
🏅: Electrek ASC Awards Ceremony (August 1st - 7:30pm)

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https://www.youtube.com//streams

We completed day 2 of Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix! We completed 47 laps for 146.7 miles of the 300-mile, 2 day American Solar Challenge qualification requirement. That leaves us with 154.3 miles to complete, which is equivalent to approximately 50 laps. We’re excited to finish this race strong!