Four weeks left. The car will be back in the workshop tomorrow so we can set up all the wiring and solar cells and hopefully get the thing running ASAP. We …

Yes this update is also late…There is just too much still to do that we barely have enough time to breath, yet alone sleep. From my side, encapsulation is almost …

Yes the last update was more than a month ago, sorry about that. But since then we have begun welding of the optimised chassis and suspension, encapsulation has begun and …

This past weekend we had Ilanga I on show at the Gauteng Motorshow along with Winston, who is the race organiser for the Sasol Solar Challenge.  It was a successful …

Ok so things are getting busier and busier here, hence the gaps between updates. The vehicle optimisation is on track so far with the majority of the team left trying to …

Ok so this post isn’t quite weekly, but a lot has been happening on our side that’s been keeping us fairly busy. The biggest update is the modifications we are …

It has been an intense time for the UJ Solar team. We have made a number of decisions which we hope will benefit us for the 2012 race. A number …

After a welcomed long weekend its back to work for the solar team. The pressure is slowly building as time starts to run out for the optimisation of Ilanga I. …

This has been quite an eventful week for Ilanga I. We prepared the vehicle for a test drive on Monday, which ended with the rear swing-arm failing!! Not an ideal …

Another week is almost over and we are slowly but surely piecing together everything we need for Ilanga II. The undergraduates had a meeting with Norah Clark who has been …