My competition team, my wife and myself traveled to Raleigh NC last week to compete in the SMARTT Challenge (Students Making Advancements in Renewable Transportation Technologies). We competed against schools from 5 states from Virginia to Iowa with several new vehicles such as a Mazda Miata, MX3, Fiero, a Toyota Paseo, Nissans, numerous trucks and returning cars. We took our Porsche 944 and a group of 6 students. The students worked hard and the car ran flawlessly during the competition. Students had to show their expertise in our vehicle design, drive the vehicle over the city streets of Raleigh at highway speeds and compete in an autocross competition. We brought home 4 trophies from the competition. A 5 member juding team from Duke University awarded my students 1st place our vehicle design and their knowledge of it, one student drove the vehilce 45 miles to a 3rd place finish behind 2 lightweight vehicles with flooded batteries, another student finished 2nd in the autocross competition only .3 of a second to the much smaller Mazda Miata with our controller turned down to 1200 amps, and our recently updated website received a 3rd place award. This has been a very successful year and looking forward to a new group of students come August when we start all over again.
Lowell Simmons, Instructor Automotive Service Technology Miramar High School 754.323.1422 Electric Vehicle Website www.miramarev.com
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