Title: Shell Eco-marathon: On-track USA 2022 – Sask Eco UC
Duration: 03:45
Description: Sask Eco UC On-track USA 2022 transcript
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Linden appears, full frame.
Linden:
We think our vehicle design has pushed the boundaries of innovation mostly in its aerodynamics and weight.
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Innovation
Aerodynamics
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Sask Eco UC
Saskatchewan Polytechnic University
Canada
Linden:
We’re Sask Eco UC. We’re from Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Canada.
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Linden:
Energy efficient cars are gonna help shape the future in a better way. Just their reduction of energy consumption.
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Linden Herperger
Team Manager
Linden:
There are so many vehicles on the road, around the globe.
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Cuts to three-way split-screen with Linden and shots of team members working in the garage. Then cuts to shot of car, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
Reducing the energy that those are consuming, whether it means electrification or just really optimising what we have with the internal combustion and weight savings. I think it's very valuable, and I think it's a key to saving the Earth.
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Optimising
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Cuts to shot of 3D printer. Linden joins the printer in a split-screen, before disappearing again.
Linden:
We started our design in 3D space on a computer. So you're looking at a screen and we can model it perfectly to fit within our specifications and have it perform well in simulated programming for aerodynamics.
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Cuts to shot of team members rolling car on track, before cutting to split-screen of similar footage. Then cuts back to Linden, full frame.
Linden:
We wanted to really push for something that we knew would be very slippery and aerodynamic. And then with the weight, it's a third of the weight.
But as soon as you start 3D printing stuff, you're adding in different supports to make sure it's gonna stay together. And taking that design and then trying to fit a frame, an engine, a transmission, you know, a driver compartment, luggage compartment, four wheels, it's a huge struggle and it's one of the larger struggles and challenges that we had to overcome.
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Challenges we had to overcome
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Cuts to shots of team members working on vehicle while sitting on track. Then cuts to three-way split screen with Linden, before cutting back to Linden full frame.
Linden:
We've considered the environment in our design in a couple different ways. First and foremost, we've 3D printed our body with a filament called lightweight PLA.
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Lightweight PLA
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Cuts to shot of 3D printer time-lapse. Then becomes split-screen with Linden.
Linden:
So a lot of 3D printing is done with standard PLA, PLA standing for Poly Lacking Acid. It's a
fermented plant starch-derived 3D printing filament.
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3D printing filament
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Cuts to montage of team members working on vehicle in garage, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
In its raw form, regular, PLA pretty good for the environment. Obviously it's recyclable and naturally derived…
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Recyclable
Liden:
… but this lightweight stuff we're using, it’s a third of the weight of regular stuff, which allows us to use substantially less material when constructing our vehicle, and it's even more recyclable. So end of life cycle for our car, there's no concerns with the environment there.
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Cuts to split-screen shot of team member drilling on vehicle, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
And then secondly, our team uses recycled hockey sticks for our frame.
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Cuts to shots of ice hockey game and recycled hockey stick in vehicle, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
The hockey sticks, they’re not super numerous. They’re not filling out at the landfill, but they do have no purpose once they've been used or broken. So taking those and being able to give them a second life is really special for us.
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Cuts to montage of team members working in garage, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
Shell Eco-marathon is super important to our team. First and foremost, because it's an outlet for us to work with our hands and apply a lot of the things we're learning in our classes.
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Cuts to shot of team member hugging Linden.
Linden:
It gives us the opportunity to bond with other people, make connections, and try to impact the globe in a positive manner.
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Make connections
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Cuts to four-way-split of different teams with their vehicles, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
Being able to help other teams and just wanting everyone to be able to compete fairly is really big for us. We’re able to drive a trailer down to the competition, whereas a lot of teams have to ship their vehicles in on crates. And obviously you're a little more size-restricted.
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Cuts to shots of team members rolling car onto track, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
We're able to pack most of what we have in our workshop back at home. And we try to bring as many spare components as we can, obviously for ourselves, but also to hand out to other teams. We've been helped lots in the past and we would much rather be able to give someone a fuel line or a couple washers and see them put a number down. Even if it means they beat us, then, we wanna push the competition and we're here to have fun…
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Have fun
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Cuts to different montage and split-screen of different team members working in garage, before cutting back to Linden.
Liden:
… and be a group of individuals that can push the envelope with energy efficiency.
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Energy efficiency
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Cuts to shots of team members receiving an award, before cutting back to Linden.
Linden:
And it's not all about winning. At the end of the day, that's our goal, but we need to realise that we're here to have fun.
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