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Colfax High School, Colfax
Darren Miller, Wayne Miller
Advisor: Kirby Dailey
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Using a second-hand racecar chassis from Washington State University’s Formula SAE club and batteries from an auto parts store, this two-brother team created a prototype for an electric-powered vehicle.
The students’ electric buggy could travel at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. It was outfitted with a gas generator, but consumed fossil fuel sparingly; the students estimated that the buggy could travel 112 miles on a gallon of gas. The greatest limitation of their vehicle was the three- to four-hour stretch required to recharge the batteries.