New Delhi: IIT Madras students had a launch event on campus where they unveiled the first electric formula racing car on November 28, 2022. The RF23 car was created and launched by a group of college students known as the Raftar Formula Racing Team.
As per IIT Madras, Team Raftar, one of the competition teams from the Centre For Innovation (CFI) is made up of 45 students from diverse disciplines. The team will take part in the Formula Bharat competition, which will take place at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore in January 2023.
Additionally, the team "Raftar Formula Racing Team" plans to enter this vehicle in August 2023 at Formula Student Germany, the most prestigious Formula Student competition in the world.
As a Formula Student Team, Raftar focuses on creating and racing a high-performance race car each year to compete in Formula Student events against the best engineering schools from around the globe.
The squad aims to become the top Formula Student team in the entire globe, according to a statement released by IIT Madras. It further aims to expand the Formula Student culture in India through innovation and environmentally friendly technological development.
Karthik Karumanchi, student team captain for Team Raftar-IIT Madras, elaborated on their main objectives, saying, “Our primary focus is to build a safe, sustainable and reliable electric vehicle. We approached this goal by taking a look at the issues currently faced in the industry and trying to devise innovative solutions for them".
"We recognized the need for proper thermal management of the battery, a robust data logging and visualization interface, and a highly accurate State-of-charge estimator for the battery pack. We based our projects on finding solutions to these problems and incorporating them into ‘RFR 23'," he added.
After 'RFR 23' was launched, Professor V Kamakoti, Director of IIT Madras, spoke at the inaugural event. He remarked, "The switch from combustion to the electric vehicle was just as radical as it was necessary, keeping with the worldwide trend of moving towards sustainable transportation.
In his statement, he further added, "With the global electric vehicle industry still in its nascent state, the potential for growth and technological advancement in this arena is huge".
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