2007 Formula Hybrid Competition Results

DaimlerChrysler Award - Best Hybrid System Engineering
#11 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Thayer School of Engineering Dean's Award for Innovation
#11 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

1st Place Design
#18 Dartmouth College

1st Place Presentation
#16 McGill University

1st Place Endurance, Hybrid Class
#16 McGill University

1st Place Autocross
#16 McGill University

1st Place Unlimited Acceleration
#69 Florida Institute of Technology

1st Place Electric Only Acceleration
#95 Yale University

Best Hybrid in Progress
#69 Florida Institute of Technology
("Hybrid in Progress" is a class for cars that had an incomplete hybrid drive system and ran entirely on battery power. The FIT car was recharged for 30 minutes during the driver change period).

3rd Place Overall Hybrid
#95 Yale University

2nd place Overall Hybrid
#11 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

1st Place Overall Hybrid
#16 McGill University

Teams at the 2007 Formula Hybrid Competition

#11 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

#12 Illinois Institute of Technology

#16 McGill University

#18 Dartmouth College

#69 Florida Institute of Technology

#95 Yale University

Notes

(1) All six teams started the endurance event and two of them, McGill and Florida Institute of Technology, completed the total 22 km. According to Steve Daum of the SAE, the 33% endurance finish rate is very respectable for a first year competition especially one involving extremely complex vehicles that incorporate hybrid, mechanical and electrical, drive systems.

(2) Three of the competitors, Florida Institute of Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology and Yale University, represented their school's first entry into any Formula SAE competition.

(3) Florida Institute of Technology ran as a "Hybrid in Progress". Dartmouth car #18 experienced serious problems with their electrical system and after a couple of days hard work by the team eventually ran as a demonstrator in endurance without their electrical storage system connected. Illinois Institute of Technology ran as a plug-in hybrid. The other three teams ran as hybrids.

(4) Next year's Formula Hybrid Competition is scheduled to be held May 5,6,7, 2008 at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, NH.