Formula Student 2012
Cost, Manufacturing
and Sustainability
Richard Hale
Head Cost Judge
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Darren Cashman
Deputy Head Cost Judge
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Cost Winners 2012
 Congratulations!
 Bath Class 1 Cost Winner
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Team No.
Top 10 Class 1 Cost Results
University.
Points
17
University of Bath
84.82
1
University of Stuttgart
79.43
36
Universtity of the Basque Country
79.29
56
Monash University
78.67
38
University of Sheffield
78.58
4
Chalmers University of Technology
77.41
15
University of Strathclyde
77.20
40
Eindhoven University of Technology
76.83
80
University of Warwick
76.68
43
Brunel University
76.66
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Cost and Manufacturing
 Read and understand the rules
 Read the additional guides
 Consider trade off’s
 Cost Vs. Performance
 Cost Vs. Sustainability
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Trade Off’s
Process
Cost
Manufacturing
and
Sustainability
Tooling
Environment
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Material
Performance
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Sustainability
 Sustainability for Powertrain
 Overall presented very well
 Considerations
 Different Powertrain evaluation method
 “Combustion Vs. EV” etc
 Offset for fuel consumptions
 Sustainability Vs. Performance Vs. Cost
 Life Cycle
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Real Case Scenario
 The real case scenario and your car are
separate
 Represent real world outside FS
 Read the brief published
 Ask friends/family to review
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Overall Summary
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Prepare and plan your vehicle cost
Use the BLP to you advantage
Organise your team
Set a budget for each section
Consider impact of changes
Communicate with your team
Read the rules again
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