Peiyang Power Team wins prizes at FSC.

Tianjin University’s Peiyang Power Team won the National First Prize in the Formula Student Combustion China, and the NIO Best Rookie Award in the Formula Student Electric China at the 13th Formula Student China (FSC) held from Sept 16 to 21 in Hefei, Anhui province.

Haoyue XIII is the 13th fuel formula car in Formula Student Combustion China to be independently designed and built by TJU students. With the support of a series of innovative entrepreneurial training programs, the team has made creative designs in the air intake system, lubrication methods, aerodynamics and the suspension system. 

Peiyang Power Team in the competition

It also performed well in both static programs, including on design, cost, and business, and in dynamic programs, such as in straight-line acceleration, figure 8 loop, and high speed obstacle avoidance, as well as endurance and efficiency tests, setting a new record.

Haoyue EV1 was TJU’s first car for Formula Student Electric China. With the combined support of TJU’s Smart Manufacturing Center and the School of Mechanical Engineering, the team completed the design and manufacturing of the electric-drive system and the whole car from scratch. It ranked first among the teams that took part in the race and won the NIO Best Rookie Award.

Peiyang Power Team in the competition

As one of the founding teams of the FSC series, Peiyang Power Team has been a permanent participant of FSC since its establishment. Sponsored by companies such as Weichai Power, Dongfeng Nissan, CFMOTO Power and VitescoTechnologies, the team has made steady strides and won numerous awards in recent years, including the first and second national prizes.

FSC, guided by the China Association for Science and Technology and hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, marks China’s highest level of car racing for university students. The competition has attracted over 100 teams from Jilin University, Tongji University, the Beijing Institute of Technology, Weihai Campus of the Harbin Institute of Technology, Hunan University, Tsinghua University and other universities in vehicle engineering.