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- 1984 Solar-Powered Car "Phoenix" - This car, the first solar-powered vehicle to cross the United States, was built and driven by students at a small college in Missouri. The Crowder College team developed the car for 1984's Trans-American Solar Auto Run. With a top speed of about 20 mph, their journey from San Diego, California, to Jacksonville, Florida, took 45 days.
- 1984
- Collections - Artifact
1984 Solar-Powered Car "Phoenix"
This car, the first solar-powered vehicle to cross the United States, was built and driven by students at a small college in Missouri. The Crowder College team developed the car for 1984's Trans-American Solar Auto Run. With a top speed of about 20 mph, their journey from San Diego, California, to Jacksonville, Florida, took 45 days.
- Crowder College Handbook, 1985-1986, Neosho, Missouri - This Crowder College (Missouri) yearbook showed off the 1984 TSAR/Phoenix. This student-built vehicle was the first vehicle to cross the U.S. on solar power. The vehicle is now in the collection of The Henry Ford.
- 1985-1986
- Collections - Artifact
Crowder College Handbook, 1985-1986, Neosho, Missouri
This Crowder College (Missouri) yearbook showed off the 1984 TSAR/Phoenix. This student-built vehicle was the first vehicle to cross the U.S. on solar power. The vehicle is now in the collection of The Henry Ford.