Students from STCC building and competing in the Evolocity Regionals in Christchurch NZ.
Evolocity at STC
Our schools programme, run by Les Black with support from regional facilitators, engages teams of students in designing and building an electric vehicle using an electric motor.
- Performance
- Head to head drag race
- Street circuit
- Economy run
- Rolling resistance
- Motor controller
- Innovation:
- Challenge #1: Build a system into the vehicle that is able to detect an imminent collision.
- Challenge #2: Build a system into the vehicle to collect and send vehicle performance data.
- Show. Points are awarded for:
- Body design & bling
- Quality of finish
- Team presentation (uniforms, costumes)
- Use of recycled materials in their build
- Reporting: Report on the concept, design and construction of the electric vehicle througout its development.
- EVy Awards
- Produce a 30 second commercial to convey the benefits of electric vehicles to viewers.
- Use YouTube, Facebook and other media to convey your EV pitch to the public.