Win the “Daimler Best E-Drive Packaging Award“

We invented the motorized vehicle and are passionate about the future of automotive engineering. Our Road to Emission-free Driving stands for our commitment to securing sustainable mobility. Our aim is to markedly reduce fuel consumption and emissions and to eliminate them entirely in the long term. To this end, we are developing a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art drive technologies that meet the specific requirements placed on today’s and tomorrow’s mobility.

If your heart beats also for innovative drive technologies with a highly competitive performance, then we are glad to meet you at „Formula Student Electric“.

Inspire us with your innovative solutions how you have realized the best integration and arrangement of the electric power train. We are curious!

How to apply:

Teams competing for the Daimler Best E-Drive Packaging Award will be judged on following criteria:

• Choice of components optimized for packaging, weight and volume, where attention will be paid to the coherence of the overall design.
• Optimal positioning of the separate components (e.g. motor, motor controller, accumulator and wiring), regarding the car’s handling properties, endurance, component temperature requirements and cost.
• Ease of assembly and serviceability of components at their chosen locations.
• Application of innovative ideas which improve basic requirements (e.g. range) as well as user friendliness  (e.g. HMI, connectivity)

For the award, teams are advised to describe their E-Drive packaging concept using suitable documentation and presentation media. Emphasis should be on how performance figures like range, recharging time and handling have been accounted for in optimization of the package as a whole. In the ideal case teams can back up their presentation by physical proof over the actually achieved value(s) for one or more performance parameters.

Judging will take place on August 2^nd 2013. All nominated teams will be invited to present their E-Drive Packaging in the Special Award Judging Pit located in the FSG Forum. Each team will be allocated a 30-minute time slot for judging.

The Daimler Best E-Drive Packaging Award is open to all teams participating in Formula Student Electric. Your team can apply for the award by submitting an abstract (8 pages max.), which elaborates on the main features of your E-drive packaging concept in light of the award. The abstract should be in PDF and not exceed 10MB.

Please upload your team’s abstract via the FSE website (=> MyTeam => Events => Deadlines) by July 12^th 2013 12:00 CEST latest.

What can you win?

Did you manage to reach the winner’s podium with your concept and have you received the Daimler „Best E -Drive Packaging Award“? Congratulations then you win a 1,500 euro cheque. Also second and third place will receive 1,000 and 500 euros in prize money respectively.

If your team belongs to the best, then please reserve August 2nd 2013 in your agenda right away. The price will be handed over by Mercedes-Benz Chief Engineer for E-Vehicles Mr. Schenk. We are looking forward to your E-Drive packaging concept.

We wish you best of luck.

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