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Regs for windshield:

9.5.C Windshield

  • 9.5.C.1 All solar cars must have a windshield that is securely mounted to the solar car.

  • 9.5.C.2 The windshield must be made of shatter-resistant material; the material must have a Notched Izod Impact Strength of at least 30 kJ/m2 (ISO 180/1A) or 320 J/m (ASTM D256).

  • 9.5.C.3 The windshield must be free of excessive distortion.

  • 9.5.C.4 The windshield should not be tinted to the extent that the driver cannot be clearly observed from outside the solar car.

  • 9.5.C.5 The solar car driver must be able to discern traffic light colors through the windshield

9.5.D Rain Clearing

  • 9.5.D.1 Solar cars must have a method to clear the windshield from any falling rain such that the vision requirements of Reg. 9.5.B can be met.

  • 9.5.D.2 The clearing method must be operable at all times and must be in use when it becomes necessary to use the windshield wipers on the team’s support vehicles.

  • 9.5.D.3 Hydrophobic coatings (such as Rain-X) are acceptable.

Additional Requirement:

  • Should be thermoformable (we will be getting this done externally since we simply cannot do it in house with our machine)

Potential Choices:

Where we can get it done from: