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February 22, 2022 Release FSEV 2022 Information Rules Book C.F.
March 16, 2022 Name Change FSEV is now renamed to ‘Pi-EV’ C.F.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS 4
COMPETITION OVERVIEW 4
Competition Purpose 4
Competition Objective 4
Competition Procedure 4
Definition of EV Powertrain 6
Competition Awards 6
Competition Registration 7
RULES OF CONDUCT 8
General Officials Authority 8
Concerns and Complaints 8
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TEAMS 8
Teams per University 8
Team Members 8
Student Status 9
Team Member Registration 9
Participation Certificates 9
GENERAL RULES 9
Forfeit for Non-Appearance 9
Negative Scoring 10
Testing and Work Safety 10
Q&A Slots Scheduling 10
Technical Issues 10
DOCUMENTATION AND DEADLINES 10
Required Documents and Forms 10
Submission Notes 11
Submission Guidelines 11
Penalties 12
COMPETITION EVENTS 13
Procurement Strategy 13
Procurement Report (PR) 13
Procurement Q&A 14
Team Management Strategy 14
Team Management Report (MGMT) 14
Team Management Q&A 15
Software and Intelligence Integration 15
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A ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
A.1.3.2. The competition shall be based around the EV Powertrain of a typical Formula Student
Electric Vehicle.
A.1.3.3. Unlike a typical Formula Student competition, a physical prototype of the vehicle is not
required for this challenge, however, it is recommended to present any physical components
/ assemblies, if available.
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A.1.3.4. The design and rules guidelines for the EV Powertrain shall be followed from the most recent
Formula Bharat released rules booklet, specifically the sections [T] General Technical
Requirements and [EV] Electric Vehicles. The Formula Bharat rules booklet can be
downloaded from www.formulabharat.com/downloads.
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A.1.3.6. The events shall also involve its own Q&A session with the relevant judging groups in
scheduled time slots.
A.1.3.7. All submission portals, deadlines, scheduling slots and scoring rubrics related to the
competition shall be located on www.formulabharat.com/fsev.
A.1.3.8. Any changes to the competition details shall be communicated with the Team Captain from
formulabharat@gmail.com.
A.1.3.9. The competition and its organizers will operate from India. In all communication, any dates
and time slots mentioned will be considered as Indian Standard Time (IST) unless stated
otherwise.
A.1.3.10. Queries with regards to the competition’s various aspects must be directed to the relevant
emails listed below:
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Overall:
Procurement Strategy:
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● 2nd Place
Team Management:
Engineering Design:
A.1.5.2. Winners of the above categories will receive physical awards by mail.
A.1.5.3. The Overall Top 4 teams will have a spot reserved on the registration list at Formula Bharat
2024 Electric Category without having to participate in the registration quiz, provided that the
teams submit the pre-registration information required at the time of registration for the
Formula Bharat 2024 competition.
A.1.5.4. The Overall Top 4 teams will also receive a subsidy towards the registration fees at the
Formula Bharat 2024 Electric Category in the following manner:
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A.2.1.2. All team members are required to cooperate with, and follow all instructions from the officials.
Note: This is not applicable to the Formula Bharat competition where a university may
register only one team per competition category (CV / EV). Teams must take this into
account prior to registering for the competition.
A.3.1.2. Teams which are formed with members from two or more universities are treated as a single
team. In such a case, the team must inform the organizers upon registration as to which
university will be represented.
A.3.1.3. In the case where multiple colleges located in multiple cities or districts are grouped under a
common University, either autonomous or through affiliation, the team must register under
their College name.
A.3.2.2. Each team must have one team member identified as the team captain. The team captain is
the main contact person for the officials during the registration process and the competition.
A.3.2.3. Persons who have previously attended any official event as a judge are not allowed to
participate as team members.
A.3.2.4. The team captain must have a “current‟ student status at the attended College or University,
at the time of the competition.
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A.3.2.5. In the case that the team decides to build and test a physical model, all team members are
required to have basic electrical safety training to ensure they are aware of the risks and
know how to respond in the event of an incident. Teams must follow the ESO requirements
as mentioned in the Formula Student rulebook.
A.3.3.2. Team members must have a graduation date of 2024 and above. To attest this, a faculty
member must email in a letter stating the list of registered team members, their years of
graduation and a confirmation that all members are registered students at the institution with
a graduation year of 2024 and above.
A.3.3.3. Students who have already graduated from a degree program and are seeking another
degree of the same level or below are not allowed to participate.
A.3.3.4. Students seeking a PhD degree/PhD students or equivalent are not allowed to participate.
A.3.5.2. Each team will be required to submit a Team Member Information (TMI) document to the
organizers to avail the certificates. The organizers shall make the template available during
the competition.
A.4.1.2. If a team is not present and ready to compete at the scheduled time, they forfeit attempt at
that event.
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A.4.2.1. Should the team’s total score or individual static score result in a negative score (as in below
0 points) due to late submission or other penalties, the specific result will be capped at 0
points.
A.4.3.2. The competition officials disassociate themselves from all activities of the teams besides
their own competition and associated events.
A.4.3.3. All teams are advised to follow common practices and common sense when working on the
vehicle and high-voltage related systems when operating the vehicle and systems, before,
during and after a competition.
A.4.4.2. It is not required for all team members to attend each Q&A session that the team is assigned
to.
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A.5.2.2. By submitting documents via the competition website, the team agrees that they may be
reproduced and distributed by the officials, in both complete and edited versions, for
educational purpose.
A.5.2.3. Documents that are largely incomplete or not readable will be considered as not submitted.
A.5.3.3. Unless stated otherwise, the page size for documents submitted will be restricted to A4
paper size.
A.5.3.4. Teams are required to make the submissions in the following formats:
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● Header of every page (where applicable) must contain the Team Number, Registered
Team Name, Institution Name and Document Name.
● Footer of every page (where applicable) must include Page Number and Total Number
of Pages (Example: Page 1/3 if referring to the 1st page out of 3 pages etc.)
● Format file based on table mentioned above (Column 4: Format).
A.5.4. Penalties
A.5.4.1. Late submissions:
For submissions of Groups A later than the initial deadline, 5 penalty points are deducted for
every commenced 24 hours they are overdue. These will be deducted from the team’s
overall score up to a maximum of 35 points for each deadline independently.
For submissions of Groups B later than the initial deadline, 5 penalty points are deducted for
every commenced 24 hours they are overdue. These will be deducted from the independent
event’s score up to a maximum of 35 points for each deadline independently.
A.5.4.2. No submission:
Teams which miss the initial deadlines of Group A by more than 168 hours (7 days) will
receive zero points for the related event and shall forfeit the opportunity to participate in the
related event’s Q&A session. In that case, no additional penalty points are given.
Teams which miss submission of more than two of Group A documents by more than 168
hours (7 days) will be de-registered from the competition.
Teams which miss the initial deadlines of Group B by more than 168 hours (7 days) will
receive zero points for the related event. In that case, no additional penalty points are given.
For submissions of Groups A and B with incorrect file naming, 2 penalty points will be
deducted from the team’s overall score for each submission independently.
For submissions and related events of Groups A and B with incorrect file format (type, page
limit, time limit, etc.), the following number of points will be deducted from the team’s overall
score for each submission or event independently.
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While there is no penalty for file size, teams are requested to keep to the minimum possible
size to ensure that judges can easily download or review the file on any device and to also
ensure that the team avoids uploading issues.
C COMPETITION EVENTS
C.1.1.2. The report shall be judged on strategy, budget allocation, cost vs. performance decisions,
timeline, detail and completeness of report, risk management strategy and presentation of
contents of the document.
C.1.1.3. The report shall be divided into two sections: Main and Appendix.
C.1.1.4. The Main section shall have no cover page. This section is restricted to a maximum of 4
pages:
C.1.1.5. The Appendix section may contain any supporting documents such as receipts, quotations,
etc. which may aid the contents provided in the Main section of the report.
C.1.1.6. The Appendix section is located after the Main section and must contain a cover page
stating ‘APPENDIX’.
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C.1.1.7. The Appendix section must contain a ‘Table of Contents’ which is either linked or contains
page numbers. If linked, please ensure that links are working after the document has been
converted to .pdf format.
C.1.1.8. There is no page limit to the Appendix section. However every title or heading number in the
Appendix must be referenced in the Main Section.
C.1.1.9. The Main and Appendix Sections can contain ‘external links’ to assist with decluttering of the
report.
Note: The longer the Appendix section, the less reviewed it will be. So only include relevant
information in the Appendix that will directly assist the Main section of the report, and provide
external links to information that may be helpful but is not critical to the judging of the report.
● 5 mins - Setup
● 10 mins - Judges’ clarifications and queries
● 5 mins - Judges’ feedback
C.1.2.2. The team may introduce themselves at the session, however, no formal presentation is
required.
C.2.1.2. The report shall be judged on the presence of areas mentioned in C.2.1.4, detail and
completeness of report, and presentation of contents of the document.
C.2.1.3. The report shall be divided into two sections: Main and Appendix.
C.2.1.4. The Main section must include the following areas (but is not limited to):
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C.2.1.6. The Appendix section may contain any supporting documents such as team photos, chat
logs etc., which may aid the contents provided in the Main section of the report.
C.2.1.7. The Appendix section is located after the Main section and must contain a cover page
stating ‘APPENDIX’.
C.2.1.8. The Appendix section must contain a ‘Table of Contents’ which is either linked or contains
page numbers. If linked, please ensure that links are working after the document has been
converted to .pdf format.
C.2.1.9. There is no page limit to the Appendix section. However every title or heading number in the
Appendix must be referenced in the Main Section.
C.2.1.10. The Main and Appendix Sections can contain ‘external links’ to assist with decluttering of the
report.
Note: The longer the Appendix section, the less reviewed it will be. So only include relevant
information in the Appendix that will directly assist the Main section of the report, and provide
external links to information that may be helpful but is not critical to the judging of the report.
● 5 mins - Setup
● 10 mins - Judges’ clarifications and queries
● 5 mins - Judges’ feedback
C.2.2.2. The team may introduce themselves at the session, however, no formal presentation is
required.
C.3.1.2. The team will be challenged on their software architecture concept and the algorithm
development for the same.
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C.3.4.2. The Q&A session dedicated to Software and Intelligence shall be of a total of 25 minutes.
● 5 mins - Setup
● 15 mins - Judges’ clarifications and queries
● 5 mins - Judges’ feedback
C.3.4.3. The team may introduce themselves at the session, however, no formal presentation is
required.
C.3.5. Scoring
C.3.5.1. A maximum of 40 points can be awarded to the highest scoring non-finalist team in the
Software and Intelligence event.
C.3.5.2. Finalists may receive a score of between 41 to 50 immediately after the finalists Q&A by all
judges.
C.4.1.2. Proprietary components and systems that are incorporated into the design as finished items
are not evaluated as a student designed unit, but are only assessed on the team’s selection
and application of that unit.
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C.4.4.3. The EDP is a maximum 15 minute recorded video presentation which should contain a brief
description of the overall EV Powertrain system with a review and derivation of the team’s
design objectives. Any information to scope, explain or highlight design features, concepts,
methods or objectives to express the value and performance of the vehicle to the judges
shall be included at the teams’ discretion.
TIP: Do not cram too many slides within a minute of presentation. Try to keep the slides less
heavy on text.
C.4.4.5. The EDP must be uploaded on a video sharing platform of your choice (Youtube, Vimeo
etc.). Please do not upload on Google Drive. The video link must be publicly accessible. If
uploaded on Youtube, the privacy setting of the video must be changed to 'Unlisted' so that
only those with the link can view the video and it will not be displayed publicly on your
channel as well.
C.4.4.6. The EDP link is submitted within the supporting document. Refer to C.4.5 for details.
C.4.5.2. The cover page of the supporting document must contain the link to the EDP video.
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C.4.5.3. The supporting document must contain a ‘Table of Contents’ which is either linked or
contains page numbers. If linked, please ensure that links are working after the document
has been converted to .pdf format.
C.4.5.4. The supporting document is limited to a maximum of 50 pages, not including the cover page
and the Table of Contents.
C.4.5.5. The supporting document can contain ‘external links’ to assist with decluttering of the
document.
Note 1: The longer the supporting document, the less reviewed it will be. So only include
relevant information in this area, and provide external links to information that may be helpful
but is not critical to the judging of the EDP.
Note 2: The supporting document may or may not be reviewed in its entirety. It solely
depends on whether the judge wants to seek additional clarification that isn't already
provided in the presentation.
● 5 mins - Setup
● 15 mins - Judges’ clarifications and queries
● 5 mins - Judges’ feedback
C.4.6.2. The team may introduce themselves at the session, however, no formal presentation is
required.
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