SAEINDIA, is an affiliate society of SAE international registered in India as a non- profit engineering and scientific society dedicated to the advancement of mobility industry in India. EFFI-CYCLE 2012, an initiative of SAEINDIA Northern Section, aims to provide an opportunity for young engineers to explore the ‘Environmental Friendly and Economical’ solutions for the day to day mobility needs.
EFFI-CYCLE 2012 is an inter collegiate design cum race competition being hosted at University Institute of Engineering and Technology, PU, Chandigarh from 12th – 14th October 2012 sponsored by Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Spark Minda, ICAT, Altair, Vee Gee Automotives parts, Victoria Tools, Lumax, Motherson Sumi Systems Limited and Subros .The task is to design, fabricate, and validate an electrically assisted human power driven three wheeled vehicle, capable of seating two persons. The event will commence from 12th October where 62 qualified teams from various engineering colleges across India including 4 IIT’s, BITS Pilani ,PEC , U.I.E.T, IGIT Delhi, would compete against each other.
The Grand finale is the Endurance Race which will take place on 14th October on 1.4 Km circuit track suitably prepared at UIET campus where finally teams will drive their vehicles for maximum number of laps. EFFI-CYCLE provides an opportunity to young engineering students to set up a trend of designing and fabricating eco-friendly vehicles in India and pioneering the creation of innovative designs. The Human Powered Vehicle would cater to the day-to-day mobility needs of people; also at the same time sensitize young minds towards fuel conservation. These vehicles would be engineered to comply with the fundamentals of ergonomics at the same time being dynamically stable and endure to last more.