Michigan State Solar Racing Team

03/11/2026

💚 It’s Giving Green Day at Michigan State! 💚

The MSU solar racing team is raising funds to help manufacture our newest car “Lysander” and support our journey to the 2026 American Solar Challenge!

For the first time in our team’s history, we’re completing a full design to build cycle in just one single year. Most collegiate solar teams spend 2-5 years on one car, but this year spartan engineers are pushing the limits to innovate faster, smarter, and more sustainably.

When designing Lysander we are focusing on reliability and performance, aiming to race Lysander at the collegiate level on expressways across multiple states in the 2026 American Solar Challenge.

Your support will help fund:
⚙️Manufacturing of Lysander
🏁Race fees for the Formula Sun Grand Prix and American Solar Challenge
🔋☀️The debut of our newest car

We are incredibly excited to debut Lysander and represent Michigan State University on the national stage! Every donation helps power the future for sustainable transportation!

Scan the QR code or visit givingto.msu.edu to make a donation!

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11/26/2025

Hey Spartans! The MSU Solar Racing Team is fundraising for our crowd power by selling football squares for the Lions vs. Packers game! You can help us reach our goal of $10,000 by participating in this fundraiser or going directly to our crowd power link ‘https://givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-support/crowdpower/solar-racing’ and donating to our team! Here’s how the football squares work:
-DM us how many squares you want to purchase
-Venmo ‘andela6’ $10 per square (we accept other payment methods located on our story)
-You will be randomly assigned a square(s)
-There will be four winners based on the last digit of each teams score after each quarter
-You are subject to win more than one quarter
-Whoever is on the corresponding square wins that quarter!
Half of the proceeds go to our crowd power and the other half is split between the four winners! The more squares you buy the better chance you have to win and the bigger the prize is! We will be selling squares until 1:00 pm EST! Thank you for your support and let us know if you have any questions! Go green!

10/25/2025

Thank you to our sponsor Rapid Harness for powering our team’s efforts! Their generous support is helping us achieve our goals and reach new milestones. 💻🏁🏎️

08/25/2025

MSU Solar Car is starting off the Fall Semester strong with Sparticipation!! We appreciate everyone who showed up to help and for new faces to join us🤩🤩🤩

We cant wait to start another great year! Go green💚🤍

06/16/2025

05/12/2025

Putting Cynisca’s 👖 on

03/11/2025

Hey Spartans! Today is Giving Green Day, where Spartans everywhere come together to support the success of students. Any gift, no matter the size, empowers MSU Solar Racing Team to keep building our all-new, single-occupant, solar-electric vehicle, which we will use to compete in upcoming competitions! See the donation link in our bio to Give Green today! 💚🤍

02/13/2025

A huge thank you to Magna for their continued support of our team! Their contributions help drive innovation and sustainability in solar car technology, and we’re grateful for the impact they make. solarcar

01/16/2025

New Year New Semester! We would like to welcome all of our members back and hope they had a great winter break 🤩🤩❄️🧤

As we begin the new semester, the MSU Solar Car Team is thrilled to welcome two new Mechanical Leads- Calvin Nguyen & Caleb Waller 🎉

Both Calvin and Caleb are sophomores in mechanical engineering and have experience in CAD and Automotive Engineering Design. We are looking forward to see their vision for the team come to life🤩💚🤍

01/10/2025

12/03/2024

Today is Giving Tuesday! Our Solar Racing Team is hoping to raise $10,000 to help pay for the materials we need to build every part of our car and send us to competition. is a day to show your generosity and give you an opportunity to donate to organizations, like ours, to help us reach our goals and better the community! We appreciate and thank you for any contribution you can make towards our cause. Please donate and help spread the word by going to our donation link: https://givingto.msu.edu/crowdpower/solar-racing MSU Solar Racing Team thanks you!