This competition was held from 14th to 20th August in Hockenheim, Germany, also known as the World Championship of Formula Student Events and the World’s biggest University Level Design Competition. The competition saw the participation of 118 teams from over 25 nations with more than 3000 participants and 6000 visitors.
We are very proud to say that we created a history in the competition. Our team became the first and the only Indian Electric team to clear all technical inspections approving all German standards and the first and the only Indian electric team to drive our car on German tracks. We had an upstanding performance in the static events which included Business Plan Presentation, Engineering Design event and Cost and Manufacturing event. The team also competed in dynamic events comprising of Autocross, Acceleration and Endurance being one of the 23 electric teams who were able to compete in Endurance Event which is the most important dynamic event in the competition completing 13 out of 18 laps leaving behind the established German teams. The team has successfully achieved all its goals and performed beyond expectations thereby raising the benchmark by elevating the Indian flag in German grounds. We bagged an overall 25th position which is our best performance till date.
