Manufacturer Interfacing - MSXV

Most companies likely won’t respond to general inquiry emails, so if there’s ever a manufacturer that we really want to get in contact with, phone calls would be the best way to get in touch.

Also, we may want to get an @uwaterloo.ca email for battery box specific things, if we feel that it’ll help us get in touch with companies easier.

BASIC EMAIL TEMPLATE (borrowed / edited from previous supplier interfacing template)

Good Morning/Afternoon,

I hope you have been doing well. My name is [FIRST AND LAST NAME] and I am [ROLE] of the University of Waterloo’s Midnight Sun Solar Car Team.

To provide some background about us, we have been designing and building solar cars for over 30 years and are one of the largest student teams on Waterloo campus. You can learn more about our experience at our website, uwmidsun.com.

We are currently beginning the design of our newest vehicle and would love to learn more about [COMPANY NAME’s] technology! We would like to know if [COMPANY NAME] would be interested in working together or providing us with any [SPECIFIC CELL MODEL IF APPROPRIATE] datasheets, samples, or purchasing options (FLEXIBLE WHAT IS LISTED HERE). We would also be open to discussing custom battery solutions for our solar car (MAY REMOVE DEPENDING ON COMPANY).

*NOTE: Messages will be more effective if you do some research into the company’s specific technology and innovations, and mention them and how we’re interested in learning and working with them. This can be added wherever seems best in emails.*

Please let me know if you have any questions, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,

[FIRST AND LAST NAME] | [BATTERY BOX ROLE]

[PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER]

[UWATERLOO EMAIL]

Maybe tag in Catherine Cai + Hardware’s emails as appropriate, CC them any emails replies from companies:

catherine.cai@uwmidsun.com
hardware@uwmidsun.com