Bill, Thanks for that information, I had no idea. That's what I was hoping to do here, it's good to have a working example.
Have fun in that half of the world! Gary On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 11:11 PM Bill Dube via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > During the "Economy Run" portion of the event, each of the vehicles is > fitted with a supplied electronics which stops the power flow after 30 > W-hrs. Thus, the battery type, voltage, capacity, temperature, etc. > doesn't matter. How far your vehicle can travel on a fixed amount of > energy is what counts. > > Here is a link with an outline of a typical event and the categories of > the competition: > https://evolocity.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EV-categories-2021.pdf > Here is a link to the webpage: > https://evolocity.co.nz/ > > EVolocity is a highly successful competition series that grows in > participants every year for over a decade and adds sponsoring companies > each year as well. > > EVolocity and Electrathon have similar vehicles and have similar > educational goals. They have similar roots. EVolocity, however, has > tailored its rules specifically to suit high schools, and to promote > STEM "hands on" education, which is what I believe is what makes it > attractive to corporate sponsors. You attract sponsors, and this allows > you to expand the program to include all sorts of kids workshops and > "educator's education" sessions, and the program then attracts more > teams, and then more sponsors, etc. > > You can try to revive the Electrathon competition once again, but > history has shown after multiple resuscitation attempts, that for > whatever reason, the competition was not sustainable. It does not appeal > to many corporate sponsors, nor get any substantial government support. > It does not have spectator appeal either. I think it is beating a dead > horse, unfortunately. > > On 4/24/2022 2:17 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > > On 24 Apr 2022 at 13:55, Bill Dube via EV wrote: > > > >> Here in NZ, the EVolicity competition supplies an electronic gizmo that > >> restricts/measures the wattage of the drivetrain. > >> > >> Thus, any type of battery may be used. > > Interesting. Do they have any restrictions on the amount energy (Wh) the > > battery can store? > > > > On the weight or size of the battery? > > > > Is range part of the competition? > > > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Some people ask, "Why?" Others ask, "Why not?" > > Then later they say, "Oh." > > > > -- Found on the Net > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220425/5a8d2c63/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
