Delta CNG vehicle
UCI’s CNG racecar “Delta” is being readied for competition at the 2012 Energy Invitational. An on-board video of the first run of this race car can be seen at on the web-page: UCI Racecar Engineering.
Epsilon FSAE vehicle
UCI’s race team will field its gasoline powered FSAE vehicle “Epsilon” at the 2012 Energy invitational. This vehicle won 1st place in fuel efficiency at the 2011 FSAE West competition. Some of the team leads who guide UCI’s race car engineering program are show below with Epsilon.
UCI Team leads
UCI Electric racecar
UCI’s electric racecar “Gamma” has an electric motor at each wheel driven by a pack of Lithium-ion batteries. It just completed a test run and is being prepared for the 2012 Energy Invitational at Adams Motorsports Park on May 20th.
Cal Poly Pomona vehicle
The hybrid race team from California State Polytechnic University Pomona will compete at the 2012 Energy Invitational on May 20th at Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, CA.
Los Alamitos vehicle
The Los Alamitos HS race team has been invited to the 2012 Energy Invitational at Adams Motorsports Park based on an excellent performance at the Design Review at the 2012 Youth Expo. They will compete agains race teams from Tustin, Pacifica, Esperanza, Huntington Beach and Foothill High Schools.
The Esperanza HS race team has been invited to the 2012 Energy Invitational based on their performance in the Design Review at the 2012 Youth Expo on April 13 at the OC Fairgrounds. They will join Tustin HS and Pacifica HS at Adams Motorsports Park on May 20th.
Esperanza Vehicle 2
The OC inventor Phil Chipman will enter his all electric three-wheeler in the 2012 Energy Invitational at Adams Motorsports Park. The competition is May 20, 2012.
Chipman Wind
High school race teams at Tustin High School and Pacifica High School have completed vehicles that they will enter in the 2012 Energy Invitational at Adams Motorsports Park. These vehicles were presented and reviewed at the 2012 Youth Expo at the Orange County Fairgrounds on April 13. As a result of their quality work these teams have been invited to join this years Energy Invitational.
Tustin HS race team
Pacifica HS race team
CSULA vehicle
CSULA will bring their FSAE race car to the May 20, 2012 Energy Invitational at the Adam’s Motorsports Park in Riverside, CA. For more information…
Here is a photograph of the CSULA race team.
CSULA team
UCDavis Hybrid
UC Davis will travel south to join in the May 20, 2012 Energy Invitational. Their hybrid race car was designed to compete at the FSAE Hybrid competition in New Hampshire.
Here is a photograph of the UC Davis race team.
UCDavis Team