I am excited to share our new car Brizo with you all and serve as Race Team Captain for the upcoming American Solar Challenge (ASC) this summer! Though the last year has been full of ups and downs, I’m proud of how Illini Solar Car has adapted and continued to make progress on our new car. Team members have put late nights and countless hours into building Brizo even through the various challenges we’ve all faced in the last year.

It feels like yesterday I was a freshman on the team attending ASC in 2018, just in charge of cones and flags, and now three years later after hard work, learning, and planning, I am leading our largest race team yet with our brand new car! Over the last few years on this team, I have been part of the electrical team, served as Director of Operations, Alumni Coordinator, Battery Management Lead, and a driver. These roles have taught me invaluable technical and soft skills in college that will prepare me to tackle any challenging problem in my future and have brought me into the wonderful solar car community.

We are returning to ASC after placing 7th in 2018 with our first car Argo. This year, we will be racing along the historic Santa Fe Trail from Independence, MO to Santa Fe, NM. There’s several great teams coming this year, and we are confident that Brizo will have a competitive edge in this race. I can’t wait to get Brizo rolling under its own power, start road testing, and train our drivers. In the following pages, you’ll get to learn more about Brizo and all the great new features we’ve implemented to build our best solar vehicle yet!

Priyal Gosar

Computer Engineering '21