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Channel: Julio Cezar Kronbauer · 2018 · Gaming

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Car: 2016 UC Motorsport Formula SAE Electric Prototype
Track: Kartódromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero de Valencia
Driver: Julio Kronbauer
Lap Time: 0:53.912


Car Specifications

Drivetrain: 4WD Electric
Accumulator Capacity: 7.6 kWh
Weight: 260 kg
Peak Power: 80 kW
Peak Torque: 924 Nm
Top Speed +140 km/h
Wheelbase: 1550 mm
Track: 1100 mm
Weight Distribution (F:R): 47:53


The Team

University of Canterbury Motorsport is a student run organisation that competes in the largest university competition in the world, Formula SAE. The team comprises of intermediate year students, to post graduate students to third pro students doing their final year project on the car. The team designs, builds, costs and races an open-wheeled car in the FSAE Australasia competition.

UCM first competed in 2013, winning the best rookie team of the year award. The team has only improved since then. In 2015 the team won third overall amongst other prizes, and have only set their expectations higher for 2016. This high expectation focuses the team and creates a creative and driven environment.

The students that make up UCM start with various levels of experience, from motorsport to driving to welding to no experience. What is common to every member is their enthusiasm and passion for UCM. Through UCM, the students have the opportunity to gain invaluable practical skills in both engineering and business.


The Competition

Formula SAE is the world's largest student engineering design competition whereby students are required to design, manufacture, test and race a single-seater, open-wheeled race car. The competition dates back to 1978 as a small mini-indy competition at the University of Houston. This competition has since developed into a highly prestigious engineering competition with innovative and award winning designs from universities worldwide. This international competition is run through a number of national/international competitions around the world every year.

Through the FSAE competition, teams have the opportunity to test their design against their peers. Each car is judged in several categories which are a combination of static and dynamic events. The static events consist of design, costing and a business presentation. The dynamic events consist of acceleration, skid pad, autocross, fuel economy and endurance. These events all have different weightings which contribute to the teams overall score.


Formula SAE-A 2016

The University of Canterbury Motorsport team took a different approach to this year’s Formula SAE Australasia (FSAE-A) competition, held in Victoria Australia. In early January 2016, the decision was made to create an electric car, rather than continue along the internal combustion path, and to great result. Three of our interns were on the team so we asked them for a write up and Alex Newman was kind enough to oblige. See below to find out how the car and team measured up in competition.

he FSAE-A competition is a 4 day international, student engineering competition. The competition is centred on the design, construction and racing of an internal combustion or electric race car up to 600cc/80kW. The competition presents students with the opportunity to develop their skills in design, management, manufacturing, communication, research and business operations in a real world environment.

The 2016 University of Canterbury Motorsport (UCM) team made the decision to create an electric car, rather than continue along the internal combustion path. There were good reasons for this:

- UCM prides itself on innovation and for the past three years has brought a new concept to FSAE-A rather than an evolution.

- A 4WD electric race car brings tuning and traction potential simply not achievable with the traditional internal combustion setup. It also brings power, and lots of it! The current world record for 0-100 km/h in an electric car is held by an FSAE car from Switzerland with a run of 1.5 s, using the same powertrain package that UCM chose.

- As much as many hate to admit it, electric cars are becoming more and more prevalent in our world; having a team of 60 students familiar with the workings of high voltage automobile systems is an opportunity not to be missed.


FSAE-A Results

- 12th Overall
- 1st in Skid-pad
- 2nd in Business
- 3rd in Design


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