Friday, August 14 2009

Eclipse VI Solar Car Inauguration

An Eclipse VI vehicle inauguration ceremony was organized for Eclipse’s sponsors. Following speeches by Normand Lalonde, director of the Fonds de développement de l'ÉTS (ETS development fund), and Frédérick Ammann, the Eclipse captain, the car was finally revealed.

The inauguration video presented during this evening is available on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63UcJQI074

Furthermore, several journalists covered the inauguration and our imminent departure for Australia. You can read their articles or see their reports in the following links (English and French)

http://www.auto123.com/fr/actualites/chroniques-vertes/lEts-en-route-pour-laustralie?artid=110371
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/science/2009/08/13/002-voitures_solaires_competitions.shtml
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/digital_launch.aspx?eid=82b6b5f3-dc53-48bc-82b2-9dcba9767ae4 (page 6)
http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/video/popup_cbcvideo-regional-wide.html?http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/media/video/newsatsixmontreal/20090813roscsolar.asx
http://www.radio-canada.ca/audio-video/pop.shtml#urlMedia=/Medianet/2009/CBFT/Telejournal200908132200.asx (Part 2 of 5, 7:26 to 9:23)
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