Update on the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge

Here is an update on the Sundancer Team which your website covered in
the News section last week. 
The Sundancer Car, powered by SCHOTT, has won their 6th consecutive
victory at the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge.
Their story is an interesting way to highlight clean and sustainable
mobility.
If you would like to include photos, they can be found on SCHOTT's web
site at http://www.us.schott.com/english/news/press.html?NID=160
The photos are located at the bottom of the page. 
 
For Immediate Release:
 
Sundancer Car, Powered by SCHOTT, Captures Checkered Flag at the 2006
Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge
 
High School Team From Mississippi Cruises to 6th Consecutive Victory
 
July 21, 2006 (Fort Worth, Texas) - Yesterday the Sundancer solar car
team raced away with the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge open
division championship trophy at Texas Motor Speedway. This is the sixth
consecutive year the team from Houston, Mississippi (population 4,079)
has taken home first place honors at the competition.
 
Through the challenge's four days and seven racing periods, the
Sundancer solar car traveled 624 miles (416 laps), more laps than the 13
other cars competing in the race. Sundancer averaged a speed of almost
30 mph and reached a top speed of approximately 60 mph during the race. 
 
"The competition this year was tough," said team captain Leigh Springer.
"There were several new teams at the race and some of the older teams
really improved their cars. However, our redesign of Sundancer's body,
some new solar cells from SCHOTT, and great teamwork gave us the edge we
needed to keep our winning streak alive." 
 
More Than Just a Race
The Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge is the largest solar car
competition in the United States. In the challenge, teams of high school
students from around the world design, build and race cars powered
exclusively by sunlight. Dell, Inc. is the title sponsor of the annual
competition.
 
This year's Sundancer team is comprised of 15 high school students from
the Houston Vocational Center in Houston, Mississippi. The school's
Sundancer program allows students to gain valuable engineering and
business skills, all within the context of the booming renewable energy
industry. 
 
"Every time we win, it's a joy to see the confidence and self-esteem
that the kids have." said team coach Keith Reese. "That is something you
can't teach."
 
The Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge has taught more than 3,000
participating students about technology, teamwork, problem-solving and
commitment - skills they'll need to compete in the 21st century economy
- and has inspired thousands of others to get involved in long-term
science projects.
 
A SCHOTT Winning Streak
Since switching to SCHOTT Solar photovoltaic PV cells in 2001, the
Sundancer team has not lost a challenge. The 856 SCHOTT Solar PV cells
used in this year's car were manufactured at the company's 20 Megawatt
(MW) PV production facility in Billerica, Mass. SCHOTT Solar is one of
the world's leading manufacturers of PV cells, modules, and supplies.
 
Sundancer Specifications
Powered exclusively by solar energy, this year's Sundancer weights 356
kg, and is 5 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and 1 meter high. Energy from
the SCHOTT Solar cells is stored in nine Power Sonic batteries, which
feed electricity to an 8 hp SLC150 New Generation Motor. The car was
built entirely by high school students.
 
You can read more about the Sundancer team's experiences building and
preparing the car and at the race itself at
www.sundancersolarcar.blogspot.com.
Hi-res photos of the team, the car, and the race are available for
download at ftp.schottus.com/sundancer
 
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purpose as the lasting improvement of living and working conditions
through special materials and high-tech solutions. Its main areas of
focus are the household appliance industry, pharmaceutical packaging,
optics and opto-electronics, information technology, consumer
electronics, lighting, automotive engineering and solar energy.
 
SCHOTT has a presence in close proximity to its customers through highly
efficient production and sales companies in all of its major markets. It
has more than 17,000 employees producing worldwide sales of
approximately $2 billion. In North America, SCHOTT's holding companies
SCHOTT Corporation and its subsidiary SCHOTT North America, Inc. employ
about 2,500 people in 16 operations.
 
The company's technological and economic expertise is closely linked
with its social and ecological responsibilities.
 
SCHOTT is one of the leading solar industry companies worldwide. The
international technology group supplies components for almost all
photovoltaic and solar thermal applications. PV solar electricity
modules with various performance ratings are used for decentralized
power generation. Receivers are the key components in solar thermal
parabolic trough power plants, a future technology for centralized power
generation along the Earth's sunbelt.
 
Contact Information

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SCHOTT North America, Inc.
Corporate Office
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Elmsford, NY 10523
Phone: (914) 831-2287
  brian.lynch@us.schott.com
 
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New York, NY 10006
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