Current 2018 - 2019 Engineering Design Projects
Electric Race Vehicles (ERV)
Background:
Everyone is trying to go green these days, and automakers are listening. Concerns about the environment and rising costs of fossil fuels are driving automakers to design and build cleaner, more energy efficient vehicles. Much of the focus is on electric vehicles (EVs).
Did you know the electric car was older than the gas-powered car? It is believed that the first electric car was invented between 1832 and 1839 by Scottish inventor Robert Anderson. The contraption was not more than a carriage with an electric motor and non-rechargeable batteries. In 1835, American inventor Thomas Davenport is credited with building the first practical electric vehicle, a small locomotive.
Design Challenge:
The student will design and fabricate a multi functional Electric Race Vehicle that will be able to travel down a track over a given distance, climb a hill, drag race or other specified events determined by the instructor.
Everyone is trying to go green these days, and automakers are listening. Concerns about the environment and rising costs of fossil fuels are driving automakers to design and build cleaner, more energy efficient vehicles. Much of the focus is on electric vehicles (EVs).
Did you know the electric car was older than the gas-powered car? It is believed that the first electric car was invented between 1832 and 1839 by Scottish inventor Robert Anderson. The contraption was not more than a carriage with an electric motor and non-rechargeable batteries. In 1835, American inventor Thomas Davenport is credited with building the first practical electric vehicle, a small locomotive.
Design Challenge:
The student will design and fabricate a multi functional Electric Race Vehicle that will be able to travel down a track over a given distance, climb a hill, drag race or other specified events determined by the instructor.