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Mission Statement:

We want to design the most user centric experience for the every day (solar) vehicle of the future. The everyday vehicle is a universal vehicle for the average person and can accommodate day-to-day city use as well as use over the life time of the vehicle such as long distance trips.


The design should maximize practicality in both design and implementation (in terms of both pure design and engineering design/ engineering optimization), to achieve a successful design as defined in the above paragraph.



Problem Statement (specific to this term until end of design cycle for MS-14):

Given the context of the current design of MS-14 (geometric and space constraints), our goal is to implement as best we can the every day (solar) vehicle of the future (in other words, our mission statement), into our body-in-white (aerobody).


COTF values:

  • comfortable
  • enjoyable
  • universality/utility
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vision/design language:

  • Luxury/ family/ sport sedan?
  • long trips and/or city driving?
  • colour palate?

Design Problems and Pain points from the current state of the design: "How Do We" statements (HDW)

  • HDW position people comfortably given the car's limited space
  • HDW ensure long term comfort for long distance travel
  • HDW make the car feel less claustrophobic given that ceilings are low, there is poor light & visibility, etc.
  • HDW implement driver controls given a wide range of users
  • HDW ensure passenger comfort given various environmental conditions and temperatures
  • HDW facilitate vehicle access given the height of the overall vehicle
  • HDW promote a social cabin environment given sever road noise et other
  • HDW allow the driver to be aware of their surroundings given that driver visibility is poor
  • HDW provide useful vehicle data to the driver for any given use case of the vehicle
  • HDW simplify the driving experience given the taxing & strenuous nature of road driving
  • HDW get passengers to enjoy the experience given that commutes are boring and unpredictable in length
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