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Penn Electric Racing: First Place in Two Competitions

Penn Electric Racing’s team won first place in two racing competitions over the summer. The team won first-place in the Electric Vehicle division at the student racing competition, Formula North 2017 in Barrie, Ontario, and won electric gold at Formula SAE (International Society of Automotive Engineers) 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Formula SAE competition includes five events: acceleration, autocross, endurance, skid pad and fuel efficiency; and three static presentation events in business, cost and design. Penn won first-place in acceleration, autocross and endurance, as well as in the cost and business presentations. The team took second place in skid pad and efficiency, and third in design. Penn Electric Racing won first-place overall with a total of 923 out of a possible 1,000 points.

Penn Electric Racing utilizes the expertise of Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. The team provides students hands-on experience in skills such as vehicle dynamics, battery design, electric motors, motor controller design and coding, telemetry, sensors, transmissions, suspension and aerodynamics as well as management, operations and fundraising.

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