http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_50c5b3e6-fb59-11e4-9912-ef81f4082444.html Electric race car a first for Knox Mountain Hill Climb GARY NYLANDER/The Daily Courier
[image http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/kelownadailycourier.ca/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/30/c309b7ce-fb57-11e4-82a0-17e1ea5b105b/55567d341744b.image.jpg Electric race car ] Driver, Mike Marich, left and UBC Vancouver electrical engineering students, Theo Noyes, middle and Chris Green push their electric powered race car in the pit area of Knox Mountain Park on Friday as cars and driver arrive for the annual Knox Mountain Hill Climb. The electric powered race car a first time entry ever for the hill climb, which was converted from a 1984 Reynard Formula Ford and is powered by a 72 horsepower electric motor commonly found in fork lifts, the car uses 36 pounds of lithium polymer batteries, and the entire car including the driver weighs under 453 kg (1000 lbs ). The project car which is entered in the exhibition class of Knox Mountain Hill Climb and involves a team of 12 to 15 UBC Vancouver electrical engineering students. [© kelownadailycourier.ca] ... http://kelowna.ca/CM/PageFactory.aspx?PageID=2067&PageMode=Print Knox Mountain Park 621 Broadway Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 7M8, Canada +1 250-717-2757 http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/303913661.html UBCO student electric car to compete at Knox Mountain Climb by Kelowna Capital News - May 15, 2015 A team of University of British Columbia engineering students will field the first electric-powered car to compete in the Knox Mountain Hill Climb, North America’s longest-running hill race that attracts top drivers across the Pacific Northwest. The students, all members of the UBC Vancouver campus E-Car Club, converted a 1984 Reynard Formula Ford car into a racing machine that can potentially achieve speeds of about 160 km/h during the hill climb. “The Knox Mountain Hill Climb is in its 58th year and all these years, no one has ever competed with an electric car,” said UBC E-Racing Club president Theo Noyes. “We’ll be racing on a narrow paved road with a steep grade, very different from a flat racetrack, and that makes it all the more challenging.” The race takes place this weekend, May 16 and 17, at Knox Mountain Park Road, Kelowna. The road is 3.5 kilometres long and climbs approximately 245 metres in elevation. Cars compete in several classes, from formula cars to large-engine cars. They are run one at a time, with the drivers all hoping to come in under two minutes. “Our goal is to push the limits of what can be accomplished with electric power. We believe that electric cars can be exciting, fast, and an adrenaline rush to drive,” says Noyes. For more information on the event, visit www.knoxmtnhillclimb.ca. The UBC Okanagan student Motorsports Club will also have a table and display at the Knox Mountain Hill Climb this weekend. [© 2015 Black Press] For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVent-knoxmtnhillclimb-ca-e-race-Knox-Mt-Park-5-16-17-Kelowna-ca-tp4675575.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
