Canadian highway bus darling MCI had a demonstration coach run through the province recently, where it set an electric bus distance record, going from Vancouver to Kelowna on a single charge:
The same bus had actually set the previous record on a prior trip, from Kelowna to Delta, but had so much charge left in reserve, the crew gained confidence that the trip could be done in reverse, climbing up the Coquihalla Highway.
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| Photo by Jay Munoz of Caption Photography Media |
Congratulations to the team behind the vehicle, from engineering, to craftsmen to operators, and thank you for making beautiful British Columbia a part of the record attempt!
It's time to kick off another season of technical meetings with our annual traditional Student Night event:
Click on the newsletter link above for some more details. The event will be October 18, 6:00 PM. Register here:
register.saebritishcolumbia.org
Also within the newsletter is mention of the event topics survey, from our earlier post. Make sure to have your say in what we get to cover this year:
SAEBC is back for a new season and we need your help to select excellent speakers for our webinars! Click here: survey.saebritishcolumbia.org
The UVic Formula SAE team has rounded up an exciting lineup of speakers for mobility engineering, racing, and electrical vehicle engineering in particular. See the lineup here:
Wednesdays at 7 PM, if you would like to attend, just click on this Zoom link at the appropriate meeting start times in order to participate:
https://uvic.zoom.us/j/
This is quite the lineup of industry experts in their respective topics, so big thank you to the UVic Formula team for coordinating and sharing this resource with all of us!
As mentioned, the Lyft Toyota Mirai event is coming up. SAE Alberta post here:
Our usual registration link will redirect you to their sign-up page:
http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/
I need to make a correction. The Mirai fleet is not open to the general public for driving. It is strictly available to the Metro Vancouver Lyft drivers. But given the low barrier to registration as a Lyft driver, these vehicles are still fairly-accessible.
Tune in to hear some more!
The May newsletter is out:
The invitation to the SAE Alberta Lyft/Toyota partnership for a Mirai fuel cell ride-sharing fleet meeting is on the newsletter. If you're available May 19, do register and join us for that event.
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| Photo from Toyota Canada |
You can register at the usual link:
http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/
We'll see you there!
