Pi-EV 2023, formerly called the FS Electric Vehicle Concept Challenge (FSEV) under the Formula Bharat series, officially completed its 7th consecutive season on July 29, 2023. The conceptual engineering design competition commenced in May and the event saw a total registration of 13 teams (including 1 team from Indonesia), and a total of 250 student participants. The competition also saw the participation of a panel of 40 industry experts from all over the world who were engaged as judges and document reviewers.
Pi-EV was developed around the premise to challenge engineering students on the design of the powertrain system of an electric vehicle, as per the Formula Student guidelines. Student teams engage in a knowledge-building exercise that tests their engineering design methodologies, team management strategies and procurement strategies. This mini-challenge is a sub-event of the Formula Bharat student competition, which is an annual platform that is dedicated to promoting hands-on practical engineering skills through engaging students in the design, build, and testing of a life-size Formula-style vehicle. Teams that have participated in Pi-EV have found themselves to be prepared and set up for success, through the feedback they receive from judges during the competition.
The Pi-EV 2023 Finals were hosted at Ather Energy Bengaluru. We would like to thank the team at Ather Energy for hosting the event at their workspace and for providing the judges.
Ather has been supporting this competition since 2018.
The teams that took the overall winners’ trophies home at Pi-EV 2023 were Anargya ITS EV Team from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, followed by Team Nequit
Electric from Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Islampur and Mechismu Racing
Electric from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad. Other awards such as Best FMEA Report, Best Powertrain Design and Best Battery
Design were also presented. A list of the winners of the awards including the event results can be found here:
www.formulabharat.com/results/pi-ev-2023-overall-results-released/
