esvc 16 rules and regulation 1.3

A1.1.

ELECTRIC-SOLAR VEHICLE CHAMPIONSHIP 2016

(An Indian Solar Challenge)

Organized by

Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIE) An ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Asia’s Largest Solar Event

A1.12. Visit us at:

A1.13. www.imperialsociety.in | www.facebook.com/isie2014

A1.10. Powered By:

A1.6. A1.2.

A1.4. IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF INNOVATIVE

ENGINEERS (ISIE)

http://www.imperialsociety.in/

http://www.facebook.com/isie2014

ESVC RULES & REGULATION 2016 ©ISIE-ESVC www.imperialsociety.in

Content:

A. Introduction

B. General information and rules

B1. Scope:

B2. History of ESVC

B3. About organizer:

B4. Copy Right and Trade Mark

B5. Tentative Schedule

B6. Official Announcement

B7. Rules Authority

B8. Validity of Rules

B9. Right to Impound

B10. Rules Compliance

B11. Behavior

B12. Competition Objective – A Reminder

C. Team entry and Requirement

C1. Team Name

C2. Team Representative

C3. Team Logo

C4. Team Hierarchy

C5. Discipline:

C6. Drivers:

C7. Team Advisor:

C8. Team Members

C9. Driver's License

C10. Liability Waiver

C11. Medical Insurance

C12. Indemnity Form

C13. Team Registration

C14. Entry Fees

C15. Account details


C16. Mode of Payment:

C17. Registration Fee Deadline and Refund Policy

C18. Team Registration form

C19. Design Report Submission

C20. Compulsory Documents Submission

C21. College Level technical Inspection

C22. Query about ESVC

C23. Query Type

D. VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS & RESTRICTIONS

D1. Design restrictions

D2. Dimensional restriction

D3. Track width

D4. Chassis

D5. Material requirement

D6. Jack Points

D7. Front Bodywork

D8. Vehicle Identification

D9. Ground clearance

D10. Driver's Seat

D11. Firewall

D12. Floor Close-out

D13. Driver Visibility (Vision)

D14. Steering System

D15. Steering wheel

D16. Steering Type

D17. Steering lock

D18. Suspension System

D19. Braking System

D20. Brake pedal

D21. Brake Over-Travel Switch


D22. Brake light

D23. Tire and Wheel

D24. Wheels Pattern

D25. Motor

D26. Transmission

D27. Scatter shield

D28. Batteries

D29. Batteries Indicator

D30. Battery Cover (Power Pack)

D31. Solar System

D32. Normal Low Voltage and Tractive System Voltage

D33. Allowed Tractive System Accumulators

D34. Kinetic energy recovery system

D35. General Requirements & Safety measures

D36. Kill switch

D37. Fusing

D38. Horn

D39. General Safety Requirement

D40. Impact bumper

D41. Push rod

D42. Wires insulation

D43. Safety Kit

D44. Driver Safety Equipment

E. FINAL EVENT

E1. Judging Criteria

E2. General instruction

E3. Technical Inspection

E4. Innovation and best design awards


E5. Brake and Acceleration

E6.Cross-Pad Round

E7. Business plan

E8. Endurance round

E9. Endurance round (Stage A)

E10. Endurance round (stage B)

E11. Endurance round (stage C)

F. Awards and prize money

G. Contact Details


Introduction

ISIE-Electric solar vehicle championship is Asia’s largest solar championship. We

aim to build student’s interest in Renewable source of energy. Our focus is to

develop interest among the engineering student towards alternative power sources,

which are the future of Automobiles. This can enhance their practical skills as well

they can learn team management, so our engineering student will avail to face any

hurdles in the way of real engineering.

ESVC is a design and manufacturing of solar racing car event under ISIE Design

Restriction so as to compete with other teams all over the country. Teams will use

Electric motor to run their Vehicle. This will help them face real-world engineering

design projects and other related challenges. Our focus to develop interest among

the engineering student towards alternative power sources, those which are the future

of Automobiles.


B. General information and rules

B1. Scope:

B1.1. The scope of the Electric-Solar Vehicle Championship (An Indian Solar

Challenge) is to stimulate research into, and development of, sustainable

transport, meaning that the ESVC is primarily a design competition.

B1.2. The regulatory philosophy is to provide the parameters upon which to base

the design, rather than specify exactly how each is to be achieved. Science

and technology evolve and to encourage the most innovative ideas, so too do

the event requirements.

B2. History of ESVC:

B2.1. This Innovative initiative taken in 2013, and we organized Electric-Solar

vehicle championship at Lovely Professional University, Punjab. ESVC held

every year from 2013 in different state and Universities.

B2.2. ESVC 2013-2014: In 2013-2014 ESVC organized very first time in Asia, we

got very great response for this most innovative Event. 76 teams including

NIT and top Universities/colleges participated in this event.

B2.3. ESVC 2014-2015: In 2014-2015 event was organized in MM University,

Haryana. ESVC’15 appreciated by Industries, Professors and Media (Top

News Chanel and New Paper). ESVC 2014-2015, 92 teams participated and

52 teams successfully manufactured their Dream Solar Car. Teams from 17

states of India and Teams from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka also take part in this

green event.

B3. About organizer:

B3.1. IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF INNOVATIVE ENGINEERS (ISIE): We are

well known Society of India (An ISO 9001:2008 Certified for our quality


management system) for organizing Motorsports events and live projects

based Industrial Training.

B3.2. ISIE provides platform to the students for development and enhancement of

their engineering skills as well as Managerial skills. We are developing

platform especially for engineering students where they can easily face real

time engineering problems and find the best solution.

B3.3. ISIE is the India’s best platform for the engineering students to develop

practical skills. We believe in “learning, Implementation and sharing”.

B3.4. The Society has a very strong placement and consultancy wing that has an

excellent network with the top Companies of the corporate world. Our Core

Competencies include effective personalized industry based training and

excellent placements.

B3.5. ISIE is committed for the development in the field of renewable source of

energy, these are the best solution to save our environment and development

of our country. We are organizing Hybrid and Go-Kart National and

International events.

B4. Copy Right and Trade Mark:

B4.1. The information contained herein is written for the purposes of conducting the

Electric-Solar Vehicle Championship 2015-2016 and must not be regarded as

constituting definitive instructions as to how a Solar Electric Vehicle should

be constructed or operated.

B4.2. The name “Electric-Solar Vehicle Championship (ESVC)” and the logo are

Registered Trade Marks maintained by the Government of India. This work

is copyright ©Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers (ISIE). The ISIE

asserts its moral right to be identified as the copyright owner of the intellectual

property contained in this document whether in physical or electronic form.


S. No Activity

(Reference)

Tentative Dates

1 Registration open

(www.imperialsociety.in )

ESVC’16

2 Last date to update team members and

upload Registration form in team

account(www.imperialsociety.in)

22th Sept,2015

3 Compulsory Workshop on Solar Vehicle

Design and Development (paid)

For west zone Venue: SKN Sinhgad college of

Engineering,Pandharpur,Maharastra

For South zone Venue: Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology,

Coimbatore

For North zone Venue

Gulzar Group of Institutes

For east Zone Venue:

IIEM, Kolkata, West Bengal

Western Zone: 26th-27th Sept, 2015 South Zone: 10th -11th Oct, 2015 North Zone: 17th -18th Oct, 2015

East Zone: yet to decide

4 Group A Document Submission

(Team Account on Website)

26th October, 2015

5 Battery , Motor and Safety Gears Details

Submission


10th Nov, 2015

6 Group B Document Submission


25th Nov, 2015

7 Submission of Research paper on Solar

Vehicle (www.imperialsociety.in)

05th Jan, 2016

8 Team Article Submission

(www.imperialsociety.in)

25th Jan, 2016

9 Team Editing option

(www.imperialsociety.in )

27th Jan, 2016

10 Group C Document Submission


10th Feb, 2016







B5. Tentative Schedule

B5.1. Given Above Schedule is tentative schedule, as per requirement organizer

have right to update schedule and activities.

B6. Official Announcement:

B6.1. All the official announcements and the information regarding the competition

will be displayed on the official websites of Imperial Society of Innovative

Engineers.

B6.2. Our official sites are http://www.imperialsociety.in and you can also join us

through Facebook for quick updates:

Official Page: http://www.facebook.com/ISIE2014

Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/ESVCISIE.1

B6.3. After completion of registration, important information will be sent through

the emails to the respective team captains/Faculty Advisor. The rules will be

same throughout the event and any amendments done will immediately be

informed the entire participating team through mail/face book group/page.

B7. Rules Authority:

B7.1. All the authority of rules is under ISIE organizing Committee. Official

announcements from ISIE Organizing Committee shall be considered part of

11 College Level Technical Inspection

20th-25th Feb, 2016

12 Captain Meet, Induction, Press-conference,

Opening Ceremony and Friendly Run

26th March, 2016

13 Static and Dynamic Event , Prize

Distribution

27th to 30th March, 2016


http://www.facebook.com/ISIE2014

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and have the same validity as these rules. Query regarding event questions

concerning the meaning or intent of these rules will be resolved by the

Technical committee of ISIE.

B8. Validity of Rules:

B8.1. The rules and other information related to events is valid to till completion of

the event and schedule as per decided by the ISIE. Rule of other may be

different.

B9. Right to Impound:

B9.1. During the event any registered team can be called for technical inspection

and examination at any point of time and stage and can be questioned for any

technical element related to the Vehicle during the event to any team member.

B10. Rules Compliance:

B10.1. By entering through registration in an ISIE International level competition,

the team members, team advisors and other personnel of the entering

university agree to comply with, and be bound by, the rules and all rules

interpretations or procedure issued or announced by ISIE Organizing

Committee. All team members, faculty advisors and other university/college

representatives are required to cooperate with, and follow all instructions

from competition organizers, officials and judges.

B11. Behaviour:

B11.1. All the members of each and every team must follow the rules laid by ISIE,

during the competition. Any member’s failure to follow the rules will result

in 20 % point deduction or elimination from the event. Arguments with

officials may also result in the team being eliminated from event.

B11.2. Smoking and Illegal Material: Alcohol, illegal drugs, weapons or other

illegal material are strictly not allowed on the event site during the

competition. This rule will be in effect during the entire competition. Any


violation of this rule by a team member will cause the expulsion of the entire

team. This applies to both team members and faculty advisors. Any use of

drugs, or the use of alcohol by an underage individual, will be reported to the

authorities for prosecution.

B11.3. In the event of unsportsmanlike conduct, the team will receive a warning from

an official. A second violation will result in expulsion of the team from the

competition.

B11.4. Failure of a team member to follow an instruction or command directed

specifically to that team or team member will result in a twenty five (25) point

penalty. There should not be directly involvement of faculties of Industrial in

Designing and manufacturing of the Vehicle.

B11.5. Argument with, or disobedience to, any official may result in the team being

eliminated from the competition. All members of the team may be

immediately escorted from the grounds.

B11.6. Disruptive parties either on or off-site should be prevented by the Team

Advisor.

B11.7. Teams will be responsible for all their tools, equipment and Component.

ISIE will not be responsible for any kind of losses or damage.

B12. Competition Objective – A Reminder

B12.1. The ESVC event being organized by ISIE is a challenge of design engineering

and manufacturing competition that requires performance demonstration of

Solar Vehicles and is NOT a race. Engineering ethics will apply. It is


recognized that lots of hard work has been put in by the teams for an entry

into SOLAR Event.

B12.2. It is also recognized that this event is an “innovation enhancement experience”

but that it often times becomes confused with a high stakes race. In the heat

of competition, emotions peak and disputes arise.

B12.3. The officials of ISIE are trained volunteers and maximum effort will be put in

to settle the disputes an equitable, professional manner.

C. Team entry and Requirement:

C1. Team Name:

C1.1. Every team should have an inspirational and meaningful name

C2. Team Representative:

C2.1. Team representative can be any Industry (Sponsor)/College/University.


C3. Team Logo:

C3.1. Every team should have an attractive team logo (Not downloaded from

internet).

C4. Team Hierarchy:

C5. Discipline:

C5.1. Every team member must be pursuing diploma/undergraduate/postgraduate

student of any discipline.

C6. Drivers

C6.1. Every team should have minimum two drivers; drivers must be at least 18

years old. The driver should have a valid driving license. Both drivers must

have medical insurance.

C7. Team Advisor:

C7.1. Every team requires at least one advisors.

C7.2. Team adviser can be Industrial Expert (Employee of any Industry). It can be

faculty/ Professor from any college/University.

Team Adviser

Vice-Captain Battery officer Safety officer

Team Captain


C7.3. It is not compulsory for the Team Advisor to accompany the team to the

competition.

C7.4. Team Advisors may advise their teams on general engineering and

engineering project management theory.

C7.5. Team Advisors may not design any part of the vehicle nor directly participate

in the development of any documentation or presentation.

C7.6. Additionally, Team Advisors may not fabricate nor assemble any components

nor assist in the preparation, maintenance, testing or operation of the vehicle.

C7.7. In Brief - Team Advisors may not design, build or repair any part of the car.

C8. Team Members:

C8.1. Every team requires minimum of 8 members and maximum of 25 members.

C8.2. The members of the team can be of the same college/university or from

different colleges.

C8.3. Multiple teams can participate from same college/university.

C9. Driver's License:

C9.1. Driver must have a government issued driving license.

C10. Liability Waiver:

C10.1. All on-site participants, including students, faculty/team adviser and

volunteers, are required to sign a liability waiver upon registering on-site.

C11. Medical Insurance:

C11.1. Individual medical insurance coverage is required for both driver and is the

sole responsibility of the driver. Driver without a valid Medical Insurance will

not be allowed to drive in the Dynamic Events.


C11.2. The organizer will arrange the medical insurance from event official sponsors

on discount rate for all team.

C12. Indemnity Form: Every team must fill Indemnity form before entering

dynamic round.

C13. Team Registration:

C13.1. Teams can register through our official Website: www.imperialsociety.in

C13.2. Once the team has been registered, the Confirmation will be given within 24

hours and payment should be done within 10 working days from the date of

registration and teams have to send scanned copy of payment proof at

[email protected]

C13.3. After receiving your payment proof, an online Registration form with team

account details will be provided by us.

C13.4. Copy of the online registration form (attested by higher authority of the team

respective Industry/College/University) and the bank deposit slip must be

uploaded to www.imperialsociety.in in your team account before the last date

of scheduled dates.

C13.5. The payment is only confirmed in team account on ISIE website, when teams

upload their payment slip it in their team account.

Registrationprocess:

Register for Event ESVC

Select Event Name and Complete your Details

Add Details of Team Members

Submit (You will receive confirmation SMS and mail


mailto:[email protected]



C14. Entry Fee of ESVC’16:

NR 14,000 + @14% tax: INR 1960/-

C14.1. Entry Fee INR15960 (Including all taxes) and this Entry Fee will not be

refunded in any case. This amount will be submitted after the registration of

the team.

C15. Account details

Account name: Imperial Society of Innovative

Engineers

A/C No. 4942002100000336

Account type: Current

IFSC Code of Bank: PUNB0494200

Branch: Punjab National bank, Chaheru, Phagwara

(Punjab).

C16. Entry Fee Mode:

Money transfer through bank.

Money transfer through ATM

Money transfer through Internet Banking/ NEFT

Demand Draft In favor of Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers,

Payable at Punjab National Bank, Chaheru.


C17. Entry Fee Deadline and Refund Policy:

C17.1. Entry Fee must be paid to the organizer by the deadlines, within 10 working

days after registration.

C17.2. Entry Fee is not refundable and may not be transferred to a subsequent year's

competition.

C18. Team Registration form:

C18.1. Team Registration with complete details of team and approved by team

representative organization (Industry/college higher authority) should

uploaded Team account before scheduled date.

C19. Design Report Submission

C19.1. All the teams will be given a considerable amount of time for designing the

vehicle. Submit your Design reports mentioned in Group A, Group B & Group

C as per schedule.

C19.2. Teams can start their manufacturing of vehicle after Group A document

submission.

C19.3. Correction and other required changes will be suggested by ISIE Technical

committee after Group A document submission.

C20. Compulsory Documents Submission:

C20.1. Group A

Design Report: Design report submission should contain CAD/CAE

of Solar vehicle, it should also cover chassis design and analysis,

Steering system design, Brake system Design, Suspension System

and drive train design along with all necessary calculation.

CAD file: It should contain all the view of vehicle with complete

assembly and with and without bodyworks.

Design Validation Plan (DVP) & Design Failure Mode effect and

Analysis (DFME)


Project Plan (Gantt chart): Project plan should have planning from

starting to test of vehicle.

Cost Report: Cost report should have effective market analysis and

research along with supplier details.

Note: Date and deadlines will be intimated by mail, if team fail to submit

they can face penalty or disqualification..

C20.2. Group B

Electrical System Specification

Solar Collector Specification

Energy Storage system Design and Specification

Electrical System Safety Measures.

C20.3. Group C

Final Design Report Submission

TI Sheet Submission

Safety Gear List Submission

Vehicle Manufacturing Video and Photo

C21. Research Paper & Team Article:

C21.1. Teams are required to prepare a research paper on Solar vehicle that will be

published in International Journals at free of cost.

C21.2. Teams are required to prepare an article along with picture of team/vehicle

that will also publish.


C21.3. There are no exceptions to the document submission deadlines and late

submissions will incur penalties. Please note that different documents or

submissions may have different deadlines - check the website/Facebook Page.

C22. College Level technical Inspection:

C22.1. College level Technical Inspection will be done by Faculty Adviser, Teams

are required to submit only soft copy of T.I. sheet as per given deadline.

C23. Query about ESVC:

C23.1. Teams can submit their query to our official mail id.

[email protected] /[email protected]

C23.2. Query should be done by only team mail Id, and mail should contain the name

of the team as well as name of college/university.

C24. Query Type:

C24.1. The Committee will answer any query that are not already answered in the

rules that require new or novel rule interpretations. The Committee will not

respond to questions that are already answered in the rules. For example, if a

rule specifies a minimum dimension for a part, the Committee will not answer

questions asking if a smaller dimension can be used.

D. VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS & RESTRICTIONS

D1. Design restrictions

D1.1. Weight of the vehicle: The weight of the vehicle should not be exceed more

than 210 kg (Excluding the weight of the driver).

D2. Dimensional restriction

D2.1. Maximum length of the vehicle is restricted to 140 inches. Height and width

of the must not exceed 60 inches and 60 inches respectively.

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D3. Track width

D3.1. Track width should not be less than the half of the width of the vehicle.

D4. Chassis:

D4.1. Team can use any cross section for manufacturing of the chassis. Team should

use only seamless pipe for manufacturing the vehicle.

D4.2. If the team is using circular cross section it is advised to use the pipe with

minimum 1 mm thickness and outer diameter ranging between 0.8 in and 2

in.


D5. Material requirement:

D5.1. Teams can use any grades of steel, Aluminum, Glass fiber or Carbon fiber for

chassis. If teams are using any material other than these materials, they have

to get permission and approval from ESVC organizing committee.

D6. Jack Points:

D6.1. There must be two jack points on the Vehicle, one at the rear and other at the

front. Both jack point should be colored in orange color.

D6.2. The jack point must be oriented horizontally and perpendicular to the

centerline of the car.

D7. Front Bodywork

D7.1. Sharp edges on the forward facing bodywork or other protruding components

are prohibited. It is advised to design an aerodynamics body works to increase

efficiency.

D8. Vehicle Identification:

D8.1. The Solar vehicle must have a unique Vehicle Identification Number (VIN),

which must be permanently attached to a substantial part of the Solar Electric

Vehicle chassis or frame.

D8.2. Teams must display their Team Number on the left and right of the Solar EV,

in digits that are not less than 150 mm high and clearly visible against their

background to a person standing 5 m to the side of the Solar Vehicle.

D8.3. A 150 × 150 mm Event Logo and 100 ×100 mm ISIE Logo must be placed

within the front signage area. Event & ISIE Logo stickers will be provided

during Event.

D8.4. An unbroken rectangular space, 150 mm in height × 400 mm in width must

be provided on each of the left and right sides of the Solar Vehicle for Event


signage. Each of these spaces must be clearly visible to a person standing 5 m

to the corresponding side of the Solar Vehicle. The Organizer will provide

Event signage to qualifying Teams.

D9. Ground clearance:

D9.1. The ground clearance with the driver aboard must be a minimum of 63.5 mm

(2.5 inch) of static ground clearance measured from the lowest point (except

tires) of the vehicle, under the complete vehicle. No compensation for chain

sprocket, brake disc in ground clearance would be entertained.

D10. Driver's Seat

D10.1. The lowest point of the driver's seat must not be lower than the bottom surface

of the lower frame rails or by having a longitudinal tube (or tubes) that meets

the requirements for Side Impact tubing, passing underneath the lowest point

of the seat.

D10.2. Seated in the normal driving position, adequate heat insulation must be

provided to ensure that the driver will not contact any metal or other materials

which may become heated to a surface temperature above sixty degrees C

(60°C).

D10.3. Driver must be provided with a forward facing seat that consists of a base

(squab) and backrest.

D10.4. The seat belt may be of 3 point or 5 point harness. All the harness should be

directed properly for the driver safety and will be checked again and again


during dynamic event .Normal shoulder straps, side release buckle straps,

belts with metal cam lock buckles etc. will not be considered as seat belts.

D11. Firewall

D11.1. A firewall must separate the driver compartment from all components of the

electrical and electronics and any high voltage system. It must protect the neck

of the taller driver.

D11.2. The firewall must be a non-permeable surface made from a rigid, fire resistant

material.

D11.3. Material for firewall must have fire resistance property.

D12. Floor Close-out

D12.1. All vehicles must have a floor closeout made of one or more panels, which

separate the driver from the pavement. If multiple panels are used, gaps

between panels should not exceed than 3 mm (1/8 inch). The closeout must


extend from the foot area to the firewall and prevent track debris from entering

the car. The panels must be made of a solid, non-brittle material.

D13. Driver Visibility (Vision):


D13.1. The driver, when seated in the normal driving position with both seatbelt and

helmet, must have clear forward vision as shown in the above figure.

D13.2. The Solar Vehicle must have rear vision system that enable the driver to see

the shaded areas shown from the normal driving position with the seatbelt

fastened.

D13.3. Rear vision system may be electronic, mirrors, or both. Rear vision system

must operate whenever the Solar Vehicle is in motion under its own power.

D14. Steering System

D14.1. The steering wheel must be mechanically connected to the wheels, i.e. “steer-

by-wire” or electrically actuated steering is prohibited.

D14.2. Rear wheel steering (if fitted) must not compromise the control of the vehicle

under any circumstances, including emergency manoeuvres or following

failures such as tire blowouts. Teams designing Solar Vehicles with rear

wheel steering must describe, in the Design Report Document, how these

requirements are met.

D15. Steering wheel:

D15.1. The steering wheel must have a continuous perimeter that is near circular or

near oval, i.e. the outer perimeter profile can have some straight sections, but

no concave sections. “H”, “Figure 8”, or cutout wheels are not allowed.

Allowable steering system free play is limited to Seven degrees (7°) total

measured at the steering wheel.


D16. Steering Type:

D16.1. Teams are allowed to use any kind of steering system. There is also no

restriction on steering ratio. Teams are free to use any configuration according

to their compatibility.

D16.2. Those team want to use custom made steering system i.e. 7:1, 6:1 and 12:1

they can give their requirement as soon as possible. Delivery and

manufacturing will take time, so if your team interested then make order to

Imperial Techno Corporation pvt. Ltd. as soon as possible. ISIE will provide

this steering from our part manufacturing partner on possible least prize.

D17. Steering lock:

D17.1. The steering system must have positive steering stops that prevent the steering

linkages from locking up (the inversion of a four-bar linkage at one of the

pivots). The stops may be placed on the uprights or on the rack and must


prevent the tires from contacting suspension (if used), body, or frame

members during the track events.

D18. Suspension System

D18.1. Use of Suspension system is optional and based on team decision, if team is

using suspension system then system should have following Specification:

D18.2. The car must be equipped with a fully operational suspension system with

shock absorbers. The judges reserve the right to disqualify cars which do not

represent a serious attempt at an operational suspension system or which

demonstrate handling inappropriate for a qualifying circuit.

D19. Braking System

D19.1. The Solar Vehicle must be equipped with two independent mechanical

braking systems, so that if one system fails the other can still bring the Solar

Vehicle.

D19.2. If teams using hydraulic circuit must have its own fluid reservoir, either by

the use of separate reservoirs or by the use of a dammed, OEM-style reservoir.

"Brake-by-wire" systems and Electric brake are prohibited.

D19.3. Independent braking systems may share components deemed ‘not liable to

failure’ provided that they are amply dimensioned and readily accessible for

maintenance.

D19.4. Components ‘not liable to failure’ are:

A brake pedal and its bearing

Hydraulic cylinders and their pistons

Hydraulic control valves

Brake cylinders and their pistons

Brake lever and cam assemblies.


D20. Brake pedal:

D20.1. The brake pedal must be fabricated from steel or aluminium or machined from

steel, aluminium or titanium. Pedal should only be operated from driver’s

foot and no usage of hand operated levers for braking mechanism is allowed.

The pedal travel should be restricted after some distance by some kind of

locking mechanical/electrical mechanisms.

D21. Brake Over-Travel Switch:

D21.1. A brake pedal over-travel switch must be installed on the car as part of the

shutdown system and wired in series with the shutdown buttons. This switch

must be installed so that in the event of brake system failure such that the

brake pedals over travels, it will result in the shutdown of the system, which

will eventually help controlling the system.


D22. Brake light:

D22.1. The car must be equipped with a red brake light. The brake light itself must

be rectangular, triangular or near round shape. Each brake light must be

clearly visible from the rear in very bright sunlight.

D23. Tire and Wheel:

D23.1. Teams are allowed to use any kind of tires and wheels as per their design and

requirement. However Hand cutting, grooving or modification of the tires by

the teams is specifically prohibited.

D23.2. There is no restrictions for the dimension of the wheel, teams are free to

choose as per their design.

D24. Wheels Pattern

D24.1. Teams can prepare 3 wheel or 4 Wheel Vehicle, if teams are using 3 wheels

in their vehicle, teams must describe, in the Design Report Document, how

these requirements are met and assure the stability of vehicle.

D25. Motor:

D25.1. Teams have to use motor of maximum power 2 kW and operating voltage is

restricted to maximum 48 Volts at any point of the circuit. Teams can use dc

brushless motor (BLDC) or dc permanent magnet motor (PMDC). There is no

restriction to RPM or torque of the motor within the range of 2 kW power.

D25.2. Maximum 2 Motor team can use, it can be in the combination of 1+1 KW or

Other combination. But any combination of two motors should not exceed

Maximum power of 2 KW.

D26. Transmission:

D26.1. The transmission to be used in the vehicles must be of rear wheel drive only.

Since teams can make three wheeled vehicle or four wheeled vehicle so, the


teams are free to use any sort of designs. Teams can also use hub motors, but

power should not exceed 2 KW.

D27. Scatter shield:

D27.1. Exposed high-speed final drive train equipment such as Continuously

Variable Transmissions (CVTs), sprockets, gears, pulleys, torque converters,

clutches, belt drives and clutch drives, must be fitted with scatter shields as a

failsafe system in case of structural failure.

D28. Batteries:

D28.1. Teams are allowed to use maximum 48V and 4 KWH Capacity batteries. All

the battery as per requirement of team’s will be provided to all teams on

subsidy rate by Imperial Techno Corp.

D28.2. Spare batteries must be of the same size, weight and type as those that are

replaced. Spare batteries packs must be presented at Technical Inspection.

D29. Batteries Indicator:

D29.1. Teams must install a battery power indicator on dash board of electric vehicle.

D30. Battery Cover (Power Pack):

D30.1. Teams must design and fabricate cover for batteries so they can easily and

rigidly mount their batteries on frame of the vehicle.

D30.2. Battery cover material must have fire resisting property.

D31. Solar System:

D31.1. Teams are free to use any kind of solar power system in their vehicle.

D31.2. The Solar Panel Specification and Design of the solar system must be

appeared by organizing committee.

D31.3. No solar panel should exceed bumper of the vehicle.

D31.4. Solar system must follow the dimensional restriction Article D, D2.1.


D32. Normal Low Voltage and Tractive System Voltage:

D32.1. The maximum permitted operating voltage for tractive system is 48 VDC. The

maximum operating voltage is defined as the maximum measured

accumulator voltage during normal charging conditions.

D32.2. The GLV system must be grounded to the chassis.

D32.3. The border between tractive and NLV systems should be insulated between

both systems. Therefore, some components, such as the motor controller, may

be part of both systems.

D32.4. The tractive system must be completely isolated from the chassis and any

other conductive parts of the Vehicle.

D32.5. The tractive system motor(s) must be connected to the accumulator through

motor controller. Bypassing the control system and connecting the tractive

system accumulator directly to the motor(s) is prohibited.

D32.6. The NLV system must be powered up before it is possible to activate the

tractive system Furthermore, a failure causing the NLV system to shut down

must immediately deactivate the tractive system as well.

D33. Allowed Tractive System Accumulators:

D33.1. The following accumulators are acceptable; batteries (e.g. lithium-ion

batteries, lead acid batteries and many other rechargeable battery chemistries)

and capacitors.

D33.2. All batteries or capacitors which store the tractive system energy must be

enclosed in (an) accumulator container(s).

D33.3. If spare accumulators are to be used then they all must be of the same size,

weight and type as those that are replaced. Spare accumulator packs must be

presented at Electrical Technical Inspection.


D34. Kinetic energy recovery system

D34.1. Teams are free to use energy recovery system if they want. But the energy

should be stored in batteries only. Any sort of flywheel or spring for storing

energy is restricted.

D34.2. The system should be very stable and teams have to explain each and every

parameter they have used in the KERS system.

D34.3. There should be a separate switch that can completely isolate and turn off the

KERS system from other electrical systems for safety purposes.

D35. General Requirements & Safety measures:

D35.1. All NLV batteries must be attached securely to the frame.

D35.2. There must be no electrical connection between the frame of the Vehicle (or

any other conductive surface that might be inadvertently touched by a crew


member or spectator), and any part of any traction system circuits except the

ground of the vehicle.

D35.3. Traction system and NLV circuits must be physically segregated.

D35.4. All parts belonging to the tractive system including conduit, cables and wiring

must be contained within the Surface Envelope of the Vehicle such that they

are protected against being damaged in case of a crash or roll-over situation.

D35.5. All parts especially live wires, contacts, etc. of the tractive system need to be

isolated by non-conductive material or covers to be protected from being

touched. It must not be possible to touch any tractive system connections.

D35.6. Exposed carbon fiber is considered to be an exposed conductive part and so

must be isolated from the energy storage system and from the solar collector.

D35.7. Teams should regularly check that there is no electrical breakdown between

either side of the energy storage system and any exposed conductive part, or

between or any part of the solar collector and any exposed conductive part.

D36. Kill switch

D36.1. There should be two kill switch in the vehicle. They should be placed in such

way that one can be easily accessed by driver and other outside the vehicle for

organizers. Kill switch be clearly visible from a long distance with a bright

red color.


D36.2. The kill switch must be installed properly and rigidly in a case. Mounting the

kill switch with plastic/metallic ties or wires is strictly prohibited. The kill

switches will be rigidly mounted using the outer cases.

D37. Fusing:

D37.1. All electrical systems (both tractive system and grounded low voltage system)

must be appropriately fused.

D38. Horn:

D38.1. An audible warning device must be permanently fitted to the Solar Vehicle. It

must be capable of giving sufficient audible warning of the presence of the

Solar Vehicle, and have a constant amplitude and frequency.


D39. General Safety Requirement:

D39.1. All wires, connectors and electronics modules (such as MPPTs) which remain

at high voltage when in Safe State must be double insulated.

D39.2. The teams must use fire extinguishers of 2.0 kg during the event and that has

to be rigidly fixed to the vehicle. Fire extinguisher will be provide on event

side by organizer on subsidy rate to maintain quality of product.

D39.3. No wires must go under the base frame of the vehicle or the lowest point of

the vehicle.

D39.4. Motor, suspension, steering, braking and transmission should be fastened by

lock nut.

D40. Impact bumper:

D40.1. There should be impact bumper on front, rear and side of the vehicle. It should

be rigid and strong. Without a bumper any team cannot participate in the

event. However there is no restriction in type of pipe for manufacturing

bumper.

D40.2. The Bumper should be point to point of the tires. Short bumper will not

allowed.

D40.3. Solar Panel should not exceed bumper in any condition.


D41. Push rod:

D41.1. Detachable push rod is mandatory for all the team. Push rod should have the

capability push as well as pull the vehicle.

D42. Wires insulation:

D42.1. All parts especially live wires, contacts, etc. of the electrical system need to

be isolated by non-conductive material or covers to be protected from being

touched. It should not be possible to touch any electrical system connections.

D42.2. ESVC is divided into series of rounds. First is the many to check the

mechanical reliability of the vehicle. Second test is to check the overall


efficiency of the vehicle. Before participating in the event, teams must qualify

the technical inspection.

D43. Safety Kit:

D43.1. All the teams must have first aid kit, goggles and fire resisting gloves for

battery handling during event.

D44. Driver Safety Equipment:

All the parts of Driver’s Safety Gear must meet the required rating (specified).

No driver would be allowed to drive the vehicle without the complete driver’s

safety gear in any of the dynamic event.

D44.1. Driver’s Suit-A fire resistant one piece suit, made from a minimum of 1 layer

that covers the body from the neck Down to the ankles and the wrists. The suit

must be certified to either one of the Following standards and be labelled such

as: SFI 3- 2A/5 (or higher) / FIA Standard 1986

D44.2. Underclothing: it is strongly recommended that you wear cotton

underclothing (t -shirt and long underpants) under your approved driving suit.

D44.3. Helmet-A well- fitting closed face helmet that meets one of the following

certifications and is labelled as such-Snell K2000, K2005, K2010, M2000,

M2005, M2010, SA2000, SA2005, SA2010-SFI 31.2A, SFI 31.1/2005-FIA

8860-2004, FIA 8860-2010. Open faced helmets are not allowed. All helmets

to be used in the competition must be presented during Technical Inspection

where approved helmets will be sticker. The organizer reserves the right to

impound all non-approved helmets until the end of the competition.

D44.4. Balaclava-A balaclava which covers the driver’s head, hair and neck, made

from an acceptable fire resistant material as or a full helmet skirt of acceptable


fire resistant material. The balaclava requirement applies to drivers of

either gender, with any hair length.

D44.5. Gloves- Leather gloves with extra foam are acceptable.

D44.6. Shoes-Fire resistant shoes made from acceptable fire resistant material shoes

must be certified to the standard and labelled as such: SFI 3.3 FIA 8856-2000

Note: Sport shoes/Canvas shoes/Leather shoes/Industrial safety shoes are not

allowed at any point of the event.

All the Safety gears must be provided on subsidy rate to all the teams by Safety

equipment partner of Event.

E. FINAL EVENT

E1. Judging Criteria:

E1.1. Point Table : Point distribution given in the following table :

Round Maximum score

Specific award

Technical inspection 0 -nil-

Weight test 100 Light weight award

Brake and acceleration 150 Best acceleration

Cross-Pad 400 Best cross Pad

Innovation 100 Best innovation

Design & Questionnaires 100 Best design award

Marketing and Business plan 75+50=125 Best marketing plan

Endurance round A 350 Best Endurance (A+C)

Endurance round B 275 Best Solar Performer

Endurance C 300 Best Endurance (A+C)


Total 1900 Champion and runner up

E2. General instruction

E2.1. Teams should not drive their vehicle without the organizers permission. If

they wanted to move from one place to other they have to push the vehicle.

E2.2. Teams should take of their own belongings. Organizers are not responsible

for any loss/damage or theft.

E2.3. Team should bring their own tools and equipment during event.

E3. Technical Inspection:

E3.1. Technical inspection is done to check whether the vehicle is able to participate

safely and reliably in the event. T.I will also check for compliance with the

Rule book.

E3.2. There are no points for this round. Each team must qualify this round.

E3.3. Technical inspection will be conducted with a series of stages. Each stage will

check each aspect of the vehicle. In each stage one or more specialists from

that department will be there. He / She will scrutinizes the vehicle. Teams has

to clear all the stages of the T.I. Stages are listed below.

Safety

Weight and dimensional test

Vision test

Structural reliability and design

Solar and other electrical systems

Battery and charging unit

Steering, braking and suspension

Cost Report and Bills


E3.4. Only three members are allowed per team during T.I. Team caption and one

of the drivers must be present.

E3.5. It is team caption’s responsibility to bring all the documentation during T.I

which includes Driver’s license, insurance documents, and all reports.

Driver’s license

Insurance documents

Complete reports including design report

Data sheets of electrical components used.

E3.6. Team has to bring all necessary tools to scrutinize the vehicle. (Including jack,

spanners etc.)

E3.7. Teams have to get ready during the specific time frame. Failing so will be

heavily panelized or even disqualified.

E3.8. Only two attempts will be given during this T.I. It is the chief Technical

inspector’s decision whether to allow the team for third attempt or not.

E3.9. Technical inspector’s decision is the final.

E3.10. Once the vehicle passes the T.I no modifications are allowed. If any vehicle

found modified will be disqualified.


E3.11. Teams should go through all the check list in the T.I sheets, prior to final round

to prevent disqualifications.

E4. Innovation and best design awards

E4.1. It is a static round. Our judges will check the team’s design skills and new

ideas. Judges may question anyone in the teams regarding their vehicle’s

design and innovation.

E4.2. It is not a compulsory round however points from this round will be used to

calculate the overall winners. Each award carries a maximum of 100 points.

E4.3. Since it is static round it will be held right after the technical inspection.

E4.4. Teams are advised to prepare separate reports for each of the awards, so that

it will be easy for the judges to evaluate.

E5. Brake and Acceleration:

E5.1. Brake Test- All the Vehicles have to pass the brake test to participate in any

of the dynamic events. The Vehicle must stop in a straight line after the

brake is applied on the Vehicle. Each Vehicle will be given 3 attempts to

pass the brake test. But in case if the Vehicle passes the test in first attempt it

will not be given any other trials.

E5.2. Brake Test does not have any points, but it is mandatory for the teams to

qualify this round to participate in the dynamic round.

E5.3. Acceleration Test: The acceleration event evaluates the Vehicle’s

acceleration in a straight line on flat pavement.

E5.4. Procedure: The cars will accelerate from a standing start over a distance of

50 m on a flat surface. The foremost part of the Vehicle will be staged at

exactly behind the starting line. The time taken to accelerate would be

measured.

E5.5. Scoring: The acceleration score is based upon the corrected elapsed time.

Elapsed time will be measured from the time the car crosses the starting line

until it crosses the finish line.

E5.6. Scoring formula: Scoring formula: 150 × [(T longest – T yours)/ (T longest- T shortest)]


E5.7. Penalty: Cones Down or Out: A two (2) second penalty will be added for

each DOO (including entry and exit gate cones) that occurred on that

particular run to give the corrected elapsed time.

E5.8. Did Not Attempt (DNA): If the Vehicle did not attempt or if it does not

complete the event, then those teams would receive DNA.

E6. Cross-Pad Round:

E6.1. This round checks the manoeuvrability of vehicle, to measure the Vehicle’s

cornering ability on a flat surface while making a constant-radius turn and

driver’s skill.


E6.2. It is a dynamic round. In this round the vehicle should be driven through a

track specified by the organizers.

E6.3. This round is intended to check the handling, cornering, acceleration and

braking abilities of the vehicles.

E6.4. If the vehicle is unable to start, it will not be allowed to participate in this

rounds.

E6.5. Vehicle should reach the finish line with in 100 sec. Teams with least time to

reach the finish will get maximum points. In this round teams can get

maximum of 400 points. The points for this round will be calculated by the

formula given below.

𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = (𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡)2

(𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟′𝑠)2 × 400

E6.6. Sports plastic cones will be paced at X marked position. If the vehicle hit the

cone 2 seconds will be added to time per hit. If the cone totally displaces or

fell down, 10 seconds will be added each time.

E6.7. Maximum of two attempts will be given to each team. Teams can choose any

driver of their choice.

E7. Business plan

E7.1. This is a presentation based round. Each team has to prepare a presentation

about how they can market their vehicle and how they are surveying the

market for maximum profit if they commercialize their vehicle. They also

have to submit their business plan report. Each team will have 15 min for

presentation. Presentation should not be more than 12 slides. Best business

plan award will be selected from this round. This round has 50 points.


E8. Endurance round

E8.1. Endurance round is carefully designed to test the overall efficiency. Solar

panels, batteries and motors are put to vigorous test during this event. This

round has three stages. Each stages are named as endurance A, B and C.

Details and rules for each stages are given below.

E8.2. Short technical inspection will be done of each vehicle before participating in

the endurance round.

E8.3. Line up of vehicle during this event will be based on the qualifying round

points. Teams with maximum points will be lined up in the beginning.

E8.4. Each stage will have separate criteria for scoring.

E8.5. Teams use any driver of their choice. Even they can change their driver in the

middle of the race any number of time but they should do it in a specific are

that are meant for it. No extra time will be given to change the driver.

E8.6. In case of break down they have to restart where they have stopped the

vehicle.

E8.7. If any team found, not following any or ignoring judge’s command they will

be disqualified immediately.

E8.8. Other than drivers only two members are allowed in the arena.

E8.9. Flags and its meaning are given in the table below. Drivers who does not

respond or ignore the flags will be heavily penalized. List of penalties are also

listed in next table.

Flag color meaning

Green Start / Everything is good.

Red Stop immediately and report to

judges.

Checker Flag Finishing line.


Yellow Flag(steady) Something happened ahead slow

down the car.

Yellow flag (waving) Something happened ahead prepare

for a halt.

Blue Flag Request from own team to stop in

the pit stop.

Black flag Warning by judge/ penalty added

(should drive properly).

Mistakes penalty

Driving out of track 2 %

Something falling off the

vehicle

4%

Hitting other vehicle /

ignoring judges command

25% or disqualification

E9. Endurance round (Stage A)

E9.1. For stage A of endurance round teams has to drive continuously for 1.5 hours

using their solar and battery power combined.

E9.2. Total number of laps cover will be noted as LA.

E9.3. If the vehicle stops due to mechanical failure then 15 min will be given to start

the vehicle. If the vehicle cannot start in 15 minutes, the vehicle will not be

allowed to run further in this stage and number of laps covered will considered

final. The vehicle will also be disqualified for the stage B.

E9.4. If the vehicles halts because of low battery then they can move their vehicle

to side of the road to charge the batteries only with solar energy. Batteries


charging level indicator should indicate low, otherwise it will be considered

as a mechanical failure then the rules in the article D7.3 will be followed.

E9.5. On completing this stage the vehicle has to move their solar electric vehicle

to specific arena to charge their batteries with solar energy. All the teams will

be given one hour to charge their batteries with solar energy.

E10. Endurance round (stage B)

E10.1. Endurance round B will check the efficiency of the solar system.

The vehicles have to drive only using solar energy without

connecting to batteries. If they could drive with solar energy they

are eligible for case 1 or they will be considered in case 2. Where in

case 2 only power output will be checked and by using ‘power to

weight ratio’ value, scores will be given. Overall maximum point

for endurance B is 275 Points.

E10.2. Case 1

Vehicle’s speed will be calculated. Team’s vehicle has to drive at

least 40 meters of distance or else will not be considered in case 1.

The range for this round is from 275 to 200. Here vehicles velocity

will be calculated for scoring. Team with maximum velocity will be

the winner of this round. It is team decision that whether they want

to remove the battery or not. But battery should be totally

disconnected from any electrical circuit and should be visible to

judges. All other components that are fitted during the technical

inspection have to be placed in this round.

𝑣(𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦) =𝑥(𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒)

𝑡(𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒)


𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = {(𝑣𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟′𝑠

1 − 𝑣𝑚𝑖𝑛2

𝑣𝑚𝑎𝑥3 − 𝑣𝑚𝑖𝑛

× 75) + 200}

E10.3. Case 2

In this case power output from the vehicle’s solar panels will be

measured. From that power to weight ratio will be calculated.by

using this value scores will be provided. For this case score value

will always lay below or equal to 150.

𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜(𝑅) =𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑓𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙(𝑘𝑊)

𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑜𝑓𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒

𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 =𝑅𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟′𝑠

𝑅𝑚𝑎𝑥× 150

E11. Endurance round (stage C)

E11.1. After replacing the batteries all the vehicle will be lined up based on the

previous round (Stage A) finish. This stage alone has maximum of 300 points.

E11.2. Driver has to drive the vehicle for about 1 Hour. Laps covered will be noted

as LC.

E11.3. This round is to check the speed of the vehicle. With new batteries they have

to drive for 1 hour and finish as many laps as possible. The laps will be

counted as LC.

E11.4. The overall score calculation formula for the endurance is given below.

𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 =𝐿𝐴𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟′𝑠

𝐿𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑥× 350 +

𝐿𝐵𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟′𝑠

𝐿𝐵𝑚𝑎𝑥× 300 + 50 +

𝐿𝐶𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟′𝑠

𝐿𝐶𝑚𝑎𝑥× 300

A1.1.

1 Your team’s velocity

2 Minimum velocity scored by any team

3 Maximum velocity scored in the particular round


F. Awards and prize money

S. No Category Prize Worth (INR)

1. Champion INR 90,000

2. Runner-Up INR 45,000

3. 2nd Runner-Up INR 20,000

4. Best Endurance (A+C) INR 15,000

5. Endurance Runner-Up (A+C) INR 10,000

6. Best Solar Performer (B) INR 10,000

7. People Choice Award (online Team Polling) INR 10,000

8. Light Weight Award INR 5,000

9. Best Acceleration Award INR 10,000

10. Best Cross-Pad Award INR 10,000

11. Cross-Pad Runner Up INR 5,000

12. Best Design Award INR 10,000

13. Best Innovation Award INR 10,000

14. ISIE- Future Award for 3 Most Young, Enthusiastic teams of event.

Discount coupons worth Rs. 3, 00,000

Total prize Worth Rs. 5, 50,000

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