Inside Penn Electric: How Students Build a Championship EV Race Car

00:00 Go behind the scenes with Penn Electric Racing, the University of Pennsylvania’s premier Formula SAE Electric team, as they prepare for the 2025 competition season. In this exclusive interview, Mechanical Co-Lead Grayson Roberts and Electrical Hardware Lead Rohan Pandey share how the team designs, builds, and tests a fully custom electric race car—from scratch.

🏎️ Learn how Penn transitioned from solar to EV, became one of North America’s first fully electric FSAE teams, and continues to lead innovation in custom PCBs, planetary gearboxes, and aerodynamic simulation.

🔋 Explore how students across all majors—from biology to engineering—contribute to this real-world racing program, gaining hands-on experience that leads to careers at Tesla, SpaceX, Aston Martin F1, and more.

📍 Filmed in their B11 workshop at UPenn, this video dives into their build timeline, testing strategies, electrical system integration, and the culture that powers their success.

🎥 Watch as they prepare to unveil their new race car and gear up for the FSAE EV competition—streamed LIVE on YouTube this summer.

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