Solar Electric Vehicle Team

When James Worden came to MIT as a freshman in 1985, he'd already built a solar car. By the time he was 21, he had made 6 of the 10 working solar cars in the country. He then gathered a group of people simply interested in building solar cars. In 1988, Solectrica 5 won the American Solar Cup, from the years 1990-1994 MIT was number one in the American Tour de Sol, and in 1999 Manta GTX was first to cross the finish line in Bridgestone's World Solar Challenge. 

 

With a legacy like that, it's hard to believe that we, as a team, don't quantify our success based on wins and losses. Yet what makes our team so unique is the environment it provides. Our team is student-run, giving our members invaluable experience in project management. We are community-focused, spreading renewable energy initiatives within and beyond the workshop. We focus not on winning, but on creating a well-designed, well-engineered system, and in the process teach all members how to be better engineers. But most importantly, we are a passionate group that believes what makes our team special, are the people on it. That is who we are.

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Driven by passion. Born by fire. Powered by sun.