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Building and racing an electric car at the Goodwood racetrack! A university project I undertook in my first year. It involves my team of 5 designing and building an electric race car from stratch to race at the annual iMech Greenpower eco-race at Goodwood racetrack, UK.
Zing!
Welds on spot!
Vroom vroom!
ETA an electric race car in 100 hours!
Arsenal at our disposal.
Grind away!
Putting the pieces of the chasis together
Weld to the power!
Testing fitting the driver compartment
The main superstructure done!
Now ot work on the bodywork molds
Putting all the pieces together
Laying the drive, steering and electronics
Looking finished already!
Engineer's food to keep us going.:P
The carbon fiber phallic front nose cone is ready
Race day: all loaded and ready to go!
Hitting the road
Crossing the bridge towards Goodwood!
On the M25
Funky bridges along the motorway
Tunnel to the meddle!
And here we are at Goodwood!
The starting grid
Looks just like how it's pictured in the brochure! :P
Even Tata motors are here!
Making some last minute preps
Our crude comfy seat, thou driver comfort was one of our least priorities. :P
Decals check!
Go faster stripes- Not an option. :p
Undergoing pre-race scrutineering
Shaun getting suited for the race!
I am the STIGG... NOT!
Pre-race pep talk at the starting grid
Car and driver. :P
And off we go!
Electric races are usually usually slient. :P
Here comes Shaun!
A grandstand pass!
The track scenery is awesome
Back after a pitstop
Racing is fun!
Overlooking the slient electric race.
Overview of the pit lanes
Our car after the race
It did well. :)
We didn't win. :X But here's the trophy table anyway.
Ending the day with fanastic weather!
And we are off!
It's surprising relaxing to drive on the motorways despite covering over 500km at ago.