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Union-Endicott (NY) High School team members gather round to celebrate their victory in 2003 in the Prototype division as the top placing battery electric vehicle. Their ’94 Geometro ran on a combination of Exide and GNB lead acid batteries. They achieved an amazing efficiency of 202 miles per gallon equivalent, and had a 69-mile range.

Students, individuals and corporations are invited to enter the Tour de Sol Championship and showcase their efforts to design vehicles that approach zero carbon emissions and use renewable fuels.

The draft schedule is as follows:

• Thursday, May 12 - evening arrival and registration;
  
• Friday, May 13 - technical testing, team to team presentations, and an evening seminar on vehicles approaching zero carbon emissions;
• Saturday,
  
• Saturday, May 14 - display at Saratoga's Spring Auto Show;
  
• Sunday, May 15 - range event; will include visit to nearby points of interest, and possibly a hill climb up Prospect Mountain;
  
• Monday, May 16 - award ceremony and display in Albany, followed by a possible visit to Plug Power and its hydrogen refueling station.

Please click on the following for more information:
how the scoring works, Rules and Regulations, photo gallery of last year's entrants.

In order to enter the 2005 Tour de Sol Championship you must fill out the Entrant Registration Form (*.doc) Please save this word document to your computer, type in your information, save your copy for your records and then either fax the registration form to 413-774-6053 or email it to tourdesol@nesea.org

Lodging:
Please Tour de Sol HOTEL LIST (*.doc) for a list of hotels that NESEA has reserved for those participating in the Tour de Sol.