Evolocity! Secondary students design, build and compete in electric vehicles

Burnside High School — November 2, 2020

School teams build a vehicle (either a bike or with 3+ wheels) powered by a standard 350W electric motor, controller and two 12V gel cells. Innovation is encouraged as students strive to make their vehicle the fastest with the least drag, and able to cope with the demands of a tight street circuit. The Innovation categories encourage teams to build in object detection and mitigation features along with the measurement and display of key performance metrics.

There was a good turnout with nearly 30 vehicles from schools. Burnside High School entered 5 teams, our best yet, and all 5 won at least one of their categories.

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Standard 350 Watt Bikes

Fastest Bike over 100m braking stop- Burnside High School

Year 9 Team Cheni Kapugama, Rivith Welengoda Hewage, Gayanuka Arabhawaththage

Fastest time around circuit Burnside High School Jayden Upston Year 11

Endurance event most laps on 40 Watt/hours Burnside High School

Year 9 Team Cheni Kapugama, Rivith Welengoda Hewage, Gayanuka Arabhawaththage

Controller building aggregate score Burnside High School

Year 9 Team Team Cheni Kapugama, Rivith Welengoda Hewage, Gayanuka Arabhawaththage

Standard 350 Watt Carts

Fastest Cart over 100m braking stop- Burnside High School Oliver Gilchrist

Open Class 1 KiloWatt + Bikes Fastest Bike over 100m braking stop- Burnside High School