Solar Car Team

The NJIT Solar Car Team designs a 100% solar-powered vehicle compliant to meet standards set by Formula Sun Grand Prix. The team designs and fabricates almost all of the mechanical and electrical components for the vehicle in-house at NJIT.

The NJIT Solar Car Team is a student-run organization formed in the spring of 2017. The team is an interdisciplinary, project-based learning community which seeks to provide undergraduate and graduate students of all majors in all departments with real-world experience in systems engineering. 

In order to prepare our students to be the innovators of tomorrow, our team emphasizes sustainable energy, taking initiative, providing experience for future career preparation, and the development of technical and soft skills in engineering, research, design, and business. 

The NJIT Solar Car Team showcased their car at the 2019 New York International Auto Show and made an appearance at the 2019 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. In 2020 we will continue to compete against other top-ranked universities across the world in the FSGP and American Solar Challenge.