Ford Motor Company is a global automotive and mobility company. The Company's principal business includes designing, manufacturing, marketing, financing and servicing a line of Ford cars, trucks, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and electrified vehicles, as well as Lincoln luxury vehicles. The Company operates in two sectors: Automotive and Financial Services. The Stanford Solar Car Project works closely with Ford’s Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto, which accelerates the company’s innovation in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data.

ASSU is the Stanford student group parent organization. They handle student elections and special fees, one of our bigger sources of funding. Each year students must vote whether or not a group gets funding. Solar car has tended to be a very popular student group, and we typically win a landslide victory at every election. Thanks to the generosity of the students at Stanford University, we will be receiving over $90,000 through this system this coming June. We hope to receive a similar amount next year as well. With this funding, however, there are strings attached. Thankfully, equipment and materials purchases make up the bulk of our expenditures, and are justifiable to both the ASSU Senate and SSE Banking employees.

John W. Etchemendy is Stanford’s twelfth Provost. As the chief academic and chief budgetary officer of the University, the Provost is responsible for administering the academic program, including both instruction and research, and for the coordination of the administrative and support functions of the University with its academic purposes. He generously helped our group before WSC 2011 by matching a significant amount of donations during our pre-race fundraising campaign. Provost Etchemendy has graciously continued his support of our team in our 2014-2015 cycle and now our 2016-2017 cycle. Thanks to Provost Etchemendy for supporting our group and other student research on campus!

Hyundai Ventures, the US corporate venturing office for Hyundai Motor Group, focuses on promising startups in the US and parts of Europe. On occasion they also do proof-of-concept and prototyping projects. They’ve maintained a presence in Silicon Valley since 2011, and their location in the hub of innovation provides an environment ideally suited to their interests. Their interests span across any emerging technology and its impact on cars and trucks, personal well-being during travel, environmental sustainability, and manufacturing.

Delphi Automotive PLC is a high-technology company that integrates safer, greener, and more connected solutions for the automotive sector. Headquartered in Gillingham, U.K., Delphi operates technical centers, manufacturing sites and customer support services in 44 countries.

Qantas, based in Sydney, is Australia’s largest domestic and international carrier airline.  The Qantas Group includes many subsidiary businesses, including Qantas Freight Enterprises, and has an approximately 65% share of the Australian domestic market.  The company currently emphasizes the importance of sustainable growth and has implemented numerous policies to meet sustainability goals.