For a team based in Durham, there is admittedly very little room to drive our Solar Cars in the local area… or so we thought. In 2022, the team decided to do our testing a little closer to home. Instead of heading out to one of our usual testing tracks, we decided that the space …
At the end of March 2024, the team made the journey to Scotland to visit one of the team’s main sponsors of recent history, Serica Energy. This was a fantastic opportunity to get to know some of the largest supporters of our project and share with them our success at the 2023 World Solar Challenge. …
In April 2024, a few members of the team went down to Warwick to visit the Bridgestone UK Headquarters! We had the opportunity to give insights into the details of our project, from technical challenges to life in the Outback. In addition, we were able to open up DUSC2023 and show off the technology that …
Celebrate Science festival We were at the Durham Celebrate Science Festival, with the Department of Engineering, last week, showcasing some of the materials that we use to build our solar cars! The main challenge was – can you break our carbon fibre “X”. The carbon is still in one piece! Thank you to everyone that …
Durham university solar car New Car. New Name. Same Goal.It’s official – we’re working on a new car! Under our new name Durham University Solar car, we’re very much looking forward to getting into a busy build cycle but are as ready as ever. Hope you’re as excited as us for the next year. Don’t …
2021 is shaping up to be another exciting year for DUEM, even if it didn’t go quite as planned. DUEM had originally intended to compete in the American Solar Challenge (ASC) 2021. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we had to make the difficult decision to withdraw. However, in true DUEM spirit, that wasn’t going …
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge – a 3022km race across central Australia, cruising at highway speeds using less power than a hairdryer; with over 50 teams from 24 countries competing it is easily the largest and most exciting Solar race in the world. We went out as a team of 16 engineers from Durham University …
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DUEM are delighted to announce that we will be attending this weekend’s CarFest South. Led by Chris Evans and his BBC Radio 2 team, the event combines cars, live music and family fun for a truly unforgettable weekend. The event raises money for BBC Children In Need. We are thrilled to be exhibiting here, in front …
A major part of DUEM’s mission is to promote our project and sustainability across the world, educating the public about climate change in the process. One of our major annual events is the Goodwood Festival of Speed. DUEM have attended this twice previously – in 2016 and 2017 – and are delighted to announce that …
This year DUEM celebrates its 16th anniversary and continues their marketing push across Europe. The team presented at Cleantech Innovate 2018 in front of 400 investors at the historic Faraday Lecture Theatre in London’s Royal Institution back in March of this year. We saw incredible interest in the car, its technology and future platform opportunities. One of …