The Electric team is continuing with the progress of the two year build cycle and has begun manufacturing. The brand new battery cells from our sponsor, Melasta, have arrived and we are currently in the process of constructing a detailed step-by-step manufacturing and disassembly plan for the battery pack in order to assure the utmost safe and reliable assembly of the cells.  ...

The Formula SAE Electric competition was over three months ago now, and we have since begun work on our next car. However, after our return, we were still not finished with ePBR16. Just because the competition has passed does not mean that there is nothing left to learn from the car. ...

We have been back from our competition in Lincoln, Nebraska for a few weeks now, which ushers in the close of the 2016 season, and with it comes some reflection on the past year. It was full of challenges but the team pushed on and managed our most successful season yet. ...

This evening the team will be holding our annual external design review. This year’s designs will be unveiled to the public for the first time. Attendants can expect to see major changes in both the accumulator and the frame. Due to the high cost of many of the high voltage components this year’s accumulator was redesigned with two main objectives in mind: reuse and improve. Major components have been repurposed while the new single enclosure design dramatically minimizes wire clutter and wasted space. The frame has been altered to support the new accumulator enclosure while heavily influenced by manufacturability. ...