2010 Formula Hybrid Competition

On May 3-6, at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 26 college and university teams gathered to compete in the 4th annual Formula Hybrid International Competition. Founded and run by Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, the competition features high-performance hybrid race cars built by teams of undergraduate and graduate engineering students.

Politecnico De Torino, Italy claims 1st place in the endurance event

Through rain and shine, students rose again to the challenges of Formula Hybrid. Day one of the competition consisted of the mechanical and electrical technical inspections. Day two featured the design and marketing presentations. On the schedule for day three were the acceleration runs, the autocross competition, and the design finals. And day four held the endurance event followed by the awards ceremony.

Here are the quick stats of the event.

2010 Teams in Attendance

Brigham Young University
California Polytechnic State University
Colorado State University
Dartmouth College Dartmouth
Drexel University
Florida A&M University/Florida State University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lawrence Technological University
MADI State Technical University -Russia
McGill University McGill -Canada
Milwaukee School of Engineering
National Chiao Tung University -Taiwan
New Hampshire Tech Institute
North Carolina State University
Politecnico De Torino -Italy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
San Jose State University
St Cloud State University
Texas A & M University
Tufts University
University of California - Davis
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
University of Manitoba - Canada
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Vermont
Yale University

Team MADI from Russia explains their vehicle to the Mechanical Tech. Inspectors

2010 Winners

1st place Overall Hybrid: Politecnico De Torino - Italy
2nd place Overall Hybrid: Texas A & M University
3rd place Overall Hybrid: University of California, Davis

Texas A&M zips through the autocross event

Individual Events and Awards

1st place Design: Politecnico De Torino - Italy
1st place Presentation: Texas A&M University
1st place Endurance: Politecnico De Torino - Italy
1st place Autocross: Politecnico De Torino - Italy
1st place Unrestricted Acceleration: Texas A&M University
1st place Electric Only Acceleration: University of Vermont
IEEE Future of Engineering Award: Politecnico De Torino - Italy
General Motors Award for Best Hybrid System Engineering:
- 1st place $2,500 award: Illinois Institute Of Technology
- 2nd place $1,500 award: Yale University
- 3rd place $500 award: Lawrence Technological University

Illinois Institute of Technology wins the General Motors award for Best Hybrid System Engineering

See more photos of the 2010 competition on Flickr

2010 Event Information

Important Documents for 2010 Competition

General Information:

Tech Sheets:

Other Information

Special Presentation: "A Discussion of Going Fast" by Hal Flescher, IEEE Fellow and SCCA National Champion (poster - PDF)