January 9th, 2010
Finally it´s time to measure the fuel consumption of Baldos. We think it´s the most fuel efficient car that ever has been approved for street use in Sweden, so it´s time to put it to the test.
This event is open to invited journalists and sponsors and we are really excited to show our sponsors what they had been involved in and how the car turned out.
Time and place for the event is Thursday, January 21, at Arcushallen in Luleå. The test run will take place at the indoor running track. It starts at 1 pm with a short presentation and will end about two hours later.
November 8th, 2009
Under the last few weeks a lot of things have happened to and around Baldos. The goal of getting Baldos ready and approved for street use in Sweden came through on the 3rd of November and now we are only waiting for the number plates to arrive.
Since the race in May a small group of students and teachers from the original team has worked on the car making it ready for street use, the original engine has been replaced with two stronger engines that powers one of the rear tires each.
Windscreen viper, windscreen washer, heater, new wheels, and door locks have been installed. The door has had a redesign to work better and be more secure.
Hopefully we will be able to make a test run to measure the efficiency of the car and calculate some numbers in the next coming weeks.
Photo by: Leif Nyberg
May 5th, 2009
We’re proud to announce that Baldos 2009 has been unveiled to the world, and is now en route to Lausitz along with the team, after a few more hours of finishing touches!
We’ll surely upload some media of our own once we arrive, but in the meanwhile you can find some press coverage of the unveiling at the following links:
http://www.ltu.se/d173/1.48176
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h6IbNNVglw
http://www.atl.nu/Article.jsp?article=53243&a=Svensk%20bil%20i%20milj%F6v%E4nlig%20bilt%E4vling
http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?ArticleId=4608502
There’s also an article from a few days ago by NyTeknik at http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/fordon_motor/motor/article567414.ece
May 1st, 2009
We’re done. This year’s version of Baldos is ready for race. Come have a look before we bring it to Germany to compete.
Time: May 4, 17:00
Place: At the backside of house E, Luleå university of technology
April 28th, 2009
Baldos is now finished and ready for paint and was delivered to Jonssons carpainting in Piteå yesterday.
April 28th, 2009
We recieved another image from Tooltech, showing progress on the manufacturing of ther rims. Hopefully we will pick them up on Friday.
April 26th, 2009
Are you on twitter?
Well, Team Baldos is now. We’re planning to use twitter for live updates from our trip to, and also during, the race. Of course, we’ll start using it for minor updates up until then as well.
If you are interested in following us via Twitter, you can do so here. If you just want to keep checking the blog, you can of course do so, it will automatically generate a daily digest post of tweets, and you can find the lastest couple of tweets below the recent news on the front page.
