MSU Students Building Solar Car For Upcoming Race
Students at Montana State University are building a state-of-the-art solar powered vehicle to compete in a race this summer, but it isn t the first solar powered vehicle built at the university.
According to Greg Colquitt, Marketing Director for the Bridger Solar Team, the first solar car was built at MSU in 1995 to participate in the GM sponsored Sunrayce 95, which was a long-distance race from Indianapolis, IN to Golden, CO. The car was named the Double Black Diamond. After MSU raced its first car in the Sunrayce 95, the solar car club at the school shut down.