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Dartmouth’s 6th annual Formula Hybrid Competition will take place April 30 to May 3 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Founded and run by Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, the competition features high-performance hybrid and electric race cars built by teams of undergraduate and graduate engineering students.
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In preparation for the Formula Hybrid Competition, the Dartmouth Formula Racing team takes its vehicle for a test run in front of the Thayer School of Engineering. The 6th annual competition will take place April 30 to May 3 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. (Courtesy of Dartmouth Formula Racing)
Students compete in aspects of design, acceleration, handling, and endurance of their vehicle and abide by a long list of rules. Formula hybrid teams, however, are faced with the additional challenge of optimizing both energy efficiency and sustainability of materials used in their cars.
“This competition provides a framework for teams to explore and engineer new energy-efficient drivetrain technologies,“ said Wynne Washburn, the competition’s deputy director, ”It’s dynamic and exciting and produces an amazing atmosphere of collaboration and learning throughout each team’s year-long design and development process.“
Watch a video of the 2012 Dartmouth Formula Racing team.