After 10 years of hard work, sweat and dedication, the IVE Engineering Solar Car Team won the third place in the ‘Cruiser Class’ of the World Solar Challenge (WSC) 2019 in Australia. The team beat top-notch engineering students from renowned institutions across the world including Stanford University, University of Cambridge and University of Michigan. Their achievement was also acknowledged in TVB’s ‘Innovation GPS’ programme, which focuses on innovation and technology.
Mr Samson LAU and Mr LEUNG King On, team members and graduates of the Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering, together with Ir Dr Joe LO, Team Advisor, were interviewed on the programme at IVE (Tsing Yi) on 4 July 2020. They shared the team development, solar car technology, industry collaboration breakthroughs, key challenges and difficulties during the WSC 2019 in the programme, which was broadcast on TVB on 22 July 2020.
