Students in the Faculty of Engineering are hoping to showcase the first ever four-wheel drive electric motor car at this year’s Formula Student competition.
The competition is run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and sees student engineering teams from universities worldwide compete, as their vehicles take to the track at the iconic Silverstone race course.
This is only the team’s second year at the competition, and while other teams are backed by big brands, ours has taken a DIY approach. For this reason, they’re relying on funding to test drive their prototype and have created a crowdfunding campaign.
"We are developing our car with a very tight budget compared to our competitors. Many elements of the car are designed and built from scratch here at the university. But there are essential components that we need to buy in and other crucial expenses to get us to race at Silverstone,” said team member, Gordon Potin, a third-year Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (M3) student.
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Posted on Thursday 14th June 2018