The team was founded in 1997 and has produced eight vehicles that have competed in a total of nine international solar car racing competitions.
[1] In addition to racing, the Blue Sky team also actively participates in community events to promote environmental awareness and innovation in technology.
The race was however struck with poor weather conditions throughout the competition and recharging the solar vehicle became a great challenge for the team.
The team was forced to adjust their racing strategy and optimize their power usage under the new weather constraints so they did not exhaust the battery.
Despite such poor weather conditions, Blue II traveled over 2250 km over a span of 9 days and ranked 20th overall in the competition.
This competition was very difficult for the vehicle's handling and stability due to long stretches of rough terrain over seven states.
Traveling over across 8 states from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, Faust II proved to be an extremely capable race car.
In contrast to American Solar Challenge 2001, Faust II was able to traverse the grueling terrain with no major on-road difficulties due to the improvements made to the vehicle.
Traveling 3000 km across the Australian outback, Cerulean completed the race in 46 hours and 19 minutes with a top speed of 118 km/h.
After the vehicle was decommissioned, it served for several years as the main display in the team's community education events in recognition of its milestone achievements.
Weight: 968 lbs Power: 750 watts, 15% silicon solar cells Batteries: Lead-acid Competitions: SunRayce '99 – 20th Place + Top Rookie Award After learning from the experiences of their previous experimental vehicles, Blue Sky Solar Racing was prepared to make a splash on the international stage.
First of all, in contrast to Blue II, Faust was designed as a three-wheeler to minimize rolling resistance and decrease the overall weight of the vehicle.
The Faust II vehicle was involved in a fatal collision during a promotional tour in August 2004 which resulted in the death of its driver, a 3rd-year engineering student at the University of Toronto.
[14] The accident occurred on the outskirts of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario when the prototype vehicle lost control and swerved into oncoming traffic.
[16] The team was also capable of keeping the vehicle lightweight by constructing a chassis from carbon board rails, thus minimizing the weight at 500 lbs.
With construction complete in 2007, Cerulean participated in the World Solar Challenge 2007 and placed 5th in its class, ranking it the highest amongst all Canadian teams.