THE TEAM
The Pé Vermelho project was born in 2014 with the mission of creating and developing highly efficient vehicle prototypes with internal combustion and electric engines. Nowadays, the team is composed of 26 participants divided in to two teams: the battery electric and gasoline team, coordinated by three supervisor teachers.
The prototypes are build in the UTFPR (Federal University of Technology - Paraná, campus Medianeira) dependencies. This way, students of the University can collaborate and increase their knowledge in the automobile field, focusing in the improvement of energy efficiency. Beyond that, students have the opportunity to strengthen team work values and work environment ethics. All this experiences help transforming our future engineers in better professionals.
The major goal of our team in the present is to overcome our past marks. The Shell Eco-marathon happens annually promoting a competition among various universities focused on the same aim of energetic improvement. In November of 2018 we will be taking part of the Marathon for the third time in the Brazilian edition of the competition, in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, our goal for the next year is to represent our University and our country in Shell Eco-marathon Americas, that will be taking place in Sonoma, California, in April of 2019.
PLANNING
There are a lot of factors that influence in the vehicle performance in order to ensure a better efficiency. some of the most intuitive ones are the weight, the friction, aerodynamics and design. The success of the project depends on the following steps:
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Preliminary project
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mathematical and physical analysis of the project
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Construction
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Efficiency testing
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Result analysis
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Adjustments
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Our resources are used in the structure of the vehicle, mechanical parts development, components such as wheels, breaks, engine and all the necessary pieces to the prototype construction. Besides, expenses related to the project marketing (stickers, T-shirts, banners, etc.), transportation to competitions, tool shopping, raw material, machinery eventual repairs, working and safety equipment to the team (gloves, protection glasses, protection masks, and others).