Over the past semester, we have been working to rebuild the car. The brakes and steering both are in working order! After installing the battery and drivetrain, it should be able to go, stop, and steer!
Tufts Electric Racing
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According to Dean Qu, the Dean of Tufts University School of Engineering, National Engineers Week falls on the third week of February in commemoration of some the nation’s most innovative engineers. In similar fashion, Tufts Electric Racing wanted to commemorate some of the engineers that have helped the team achieve […]
It is official. The new chassis is in our shop waiting to be worked on. We are about ten weeks away from competition. It is crunch time! Huge shout-out to VR3 Engineering for welding our chassis. And a special thanks to Dan Byrne, Prof. Michael Zimmerman and David Stone + […]
We are so excited! Our Facebook page reached 500 likes! We could not be as successful as we have been without the support from all of you. From the bottom of our accumulators (hearts) Thank You!
With the holidays in full throttle, everyone from the Tufts Electric Racing Team wants to wish you a Happy Holiday! New Year’s is just around the corner, and as such, we want to let you know about our New Year’s resolution: we will be trying to keep everyone up to […]
We did it! Not only have reached our crowdfunding goal, we surpassed it! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated! A huge thank you goes out to Michael Zimmerman, David Stone and Honor Fullerton, as well as Daniel V. Byrne for their gracious donations to the team! Without […]
This year, we are making a lot of improvements to the team to make sure we can compete at a higher level. One of the way we are doing that is through testing the car. This is the first time in recent history that the team has actually tested our […]
We had the pleasure of hosting two events on December 8th. The first was a project management workshop where the team’s captains lead a workshop describing the way we organize and lead the team. The second event was a screening of The Grand Tour. The newest season came out that […]
During our Thank-You / Kick-Off event, a lot of Tufts Electric Racing Team alumni came out to see the car working. They were super excited to see the car running and wanted to come back to see the chassis design. So, last weekend, we invited recent Electric Racing Team alumni […]
We had a long year leading up to last year’s Formula Hybrid competition. Unfortunately, we ran into motor problems and couldn’t make it on track. However, when we came back to campus, we were still super motivated and made sure that our hard work was successful. So, after finals, the […]