Not to many die-hard environmentalists I know are into motorsports.
But here’s one made for them.
Last week, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. held the fourth annual Formula Hybrid – a university competition for students to design, build, and race high-performance, plug-in hybrid vehicles. Its still about high-level performance of the single-seat vehicles but adds in another challenge: fuel efficiency.
Organized by the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, it drew 30 teams from as far away as Russia, Taiwan, Italy and Canada. New England colleges included Dartmouth, of course, Yale, University of Vermont, Tufts and New Hampshire Technical Institute. There’s even a component for high school students.
A team from Italy won this year.
Article courtesy of The Boston Globe-The Green Blog
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