YOU GO.
THE WIZ KIDS WITH UC DAVIS
ENGINEERING ARE AT IT AGAIN
WITH ANOTHER MIND BLOWING
INVENTION.
DEUCE MASON JOINS US LIVE WITH
A LOOK AT THE LATEST CREATION.
Reporter: THIS IS SO COOL.
I ADMIRE THESE ENGINEERING
STUDENTS AT UC DAVIS.
BECAUSE THEY BUILT THESE TWO
CARS!
THEY ARE ELECTRIC AND THEY WILL
BE IN THE ULTIMATE COMPETITION.
TRULY AMAZING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
I'M HERE WITH COLTON AND
PATRICK TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS.
YOU GUYS HAVE A TEAM OF 40
PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS.
FIRST OF ALL TELL US ABOUT THE
PROCESS THAT GOES INTO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
NOT JUST BUILD IT AND RACE IT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES
INTO IT.
RIGHT.
WE START OFF DESIGNING THE CAR
IN CAD.
WE END UP IN A COMPETITION AT
THE END OF THE YEAR BUT BETWEEN
THAT WE HAVE TO MEET RULES
COMPLIANCE AND AFTER THAT WE
HAVE TO FABRICATE AND TEST THE
ENTIRE THING SO THAT IT DOES
WELL IN COMPETITION AGAINST
OTHER TEAMS IN OUR
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
SO THIS IS WHEN YOU GUYS
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG
TIME NOW.
WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS, THE
NEXT STEP IS IT GETS JUDGED.
WHO IS JUDGING THIS THING?
INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM
ALL OVER THE AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM FORD,
GM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH
EV LOOKING AT OUR DESIGNS.
Reporter: HOW FAST DOES THIS
BAD BOY GO?
BUT ABOUT 80 WITH THE CURRENT
GEARING.
OPTIMIZED TO RUN A TIGHT SHORT
TRACK SO DOING SIMULATIONS AND
STUFF LIKE THAT 80 IS GOING TO
BE THE FASTEST WE CAN REACH.
LET'S OPTIMIZE AROUND THAT.
Reporter: I CAN'T IMAGINE
YOU GOT A LOT OF SLEEP WHILE
DESIGNING AND BUILDING THIS
THING.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO PUT
THIS TOGETHER?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF
YOU IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN AREA
OF THIS CAR.
THE AMAZING THING, YEAH.
FABRICATION TAKES A LONG TIME
AND YOU ARE TRYING TO GET YOUR
PARTS TOGETHER BUT THE BLACK
PART, THE CHASSIS THAT'S
VISIBLE IN THE BACK, WHEN
THAT'S DONE, IT TOOK ABOUT TWO
WEEKS TO GET THE WHOLE THING
PUT TOGETHER AND BODYWORK ON
AND PAINT.
A LOT OF LONG NIGHTS.
BOTH LEADING UP TO THAT POINT
AND THEN AFTER.
Reporter: AND OF COURSE
SPONSORSHIPS.
THE OTHER CAR IS FROM 2014.
YOU GUYS WON A TROPHY FOR THAT
ONE.
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THAT 2014 VERSION AND
THIS ONE?
THE DIFFERENCE IS TOO BIG
DIFFERENCES.
THE FIRST IS THE DRIVETRAIN.
SO THAT ONE HAS TWO ELECTRIC
MOTORS FROM ZERO MOTORCYCLES.
THIS ONE ONLY HAS ONE.
BUT WE HAVE SHAVED SO MUCH
WEIGHT BETWEEN THE CARS THAT
THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE
LOT FASTER WE THINK.
Reporter: SO AWESOME.
THESE GUYS ARE SO TALENTED.
GUYS AND GIRLS SO TALENTED.
AND COMING UP NEXT HOUR THEY
ARE GOING TO START THIS BAD BOY
FOR US.
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