S'pore Poly revs up solar car for race

24 Jul 2017

The Straits Times, 22 Jul 2017 - Article featured SP’s solar-powered car SunSPEC5, which will be competing at the World Solar Challenge race in Australia. It will be one of the cars from 30 countries taking part in the 3,000km race. SP also tied up with SP Group in a five-year contract worth $1 million, which will help enable the development of students into engineers. Mr Steven Chew, SP’s senior lecturer and a team manager who worked on the car, shared that it was fulfilling to see the students build the cars themselves and work independently. Former SP student Leow Wei Lin, who now works for SP Group, acknowledged the training he has received from SP lecturers and poly staff when he was a student. He is returning the favour by mentoring students at SP.