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“ELECTRIC-SOLAR VEHICLE CHAMPIONSHIP” is a Solar Vehicle Challenge hosted
for the First time in India; by RISC-LPU.

“ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEM COMMUNITY” (RISC) is a community directed by students of LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY. It works on the principle for
students and by the student under the aegis of DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS.
RISC have worked on various innovative projects which have and will bestow creative mind’s thinking patterns to the upcoming future Technology, so that our mind can boost enough power to face any hurdles in the way of learning the new tactics to deal with ever changing or dynamic technology.
We aim to build student’s interest in Renewable source of energy. One of the most promising source is the Sun on which our Solar system is dependent for gravity, path and We for Life.
So lets harvest this unending source of energy in every possible way.
So one of the possible ways is to use solar powered vehicle and eliminate the use of fossil fuel usage.
Teams are supposed to make a single seated electric car that can use solar energy as alternative source of power using DC motor to maneuver the vehicle. This is a challenging competition where the team has to build an optimized vehicle with a
cost limitation of Rs. 70,000/-

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HPVC India

Human-powered transport is often the only type available in underdeveloped or inaccessible parts of the world, and if well designed, can be an increasingly viable form of sustainable transportation.

ASME's international Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate the application of sound engineering design principles in the development of sustainable and practical transportation alternatives. In the HPVC, students work in teams to design and build efficient, highly engineered vehicles for everyday use—from commuting to work, to carrying goods to market.

India is a developing country with a big untapped market for the Human Powered Vehicles, considering the Indian economy and infrastructure. Backed with a huge base of technically competent students and engineers HPVC India can be the major step in promotion of the HPV concept in India and could well become an irremovable part of India’s transport system. The competition’s aim is to provide an alternate, reliable and feasible mode of human powered transportation for daily use.

Human powered vehicle is, as the name suggests, a vehicle driven by human muscle power. With the advent of modern technology, machines have been developed to enhance human power and then enforce it. Since the ancient ages, these vehicles have been popular due to their lower cost and as a means for maintaining physical fitness. But now more than ever, these vehicles are the need of the hour for an entirely new reason, environmental and ecological preservation.

That’s exactly what HPVC aims to do, to bring these vehicles back into focus. Improving the power transfer efficiency and improvising the aerodynamics, teams have to arrive at an optimal design that uses less muscle power to traverse longer distances. So get ready to shatter your limitations and inhibitions, challenge your buddies and ultimately, achieve glory!

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BAJA SAE India

Baja SAE is an intercollegiate design competition run by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Teams of students from universities all over the world design and build smalloff-road cars. The cars all have engines of the same specifications. As of 2009 the engine has been an unmodified Briggs & Stratton Intek 20 single-cylinder with a displacement of 300cc and power output of approximately 10 bhp (7.5 kW).

The goal in Baja SAE racing is to design, build and race off-road vehicles that can withstand the harshest elements of rough terrain. The vehicles used in Baja SAE racing are often similar in appearance to dune buggies. Before 2007, the events were called "Mini Baja."

 

Each year as many as 141 Baja cars are entered in the Baja SAE events across the US and around the world where events are held including India, Brazil, South Africa and Korea. In India this event is run by SAE India. All cars must adhere to SAE's rules, and pass SAE's technical inspection and judging; a car may not race until all safety inspections are passed. Small engine manufacturer Briggs & Stratton sponsors Baja SAE teams by providing the SAE sanctioned engine free of charge, at a replacement rate of one engine for every two years in competition.

There are multiple dynamic events, usually four per event, as well as a single four-hour endurance race. The dynamic events include hill climbs, chain pulls, maneuverability events, rock crawls, and suspension & traction events. At one of the American SAE sanction events, (formally the East event) the car had to be able to float and propel itself on water under its own power. This was changed for the 2012 competition due to safety concerns.

Static events, such as written reports, presentations and design evaluations are provided by participating teams. This is when the teams are judged on ergonomics, functionality, and producibility of their cars; ensuring that the final placement of the team does not rest solely on the vehicle's performance but rather on a combination of static and dynamic events. Required reports detail the engineering and design process that was used in developing each system of the team’s vehicle, supported with sound engineering principles. Also, a cost report that provides all the background information necessary to verify the vehicle’s actual cost is used to rate the most economically feasible for production. These reports are submitted weeks in advance of each event, where the presentations and design evaluations are given on site in the presence of SAE design judges.

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