Year 2 Competition

The On-Road Safety Evaluation (ORSE) event is available to teams who have passed Vehicle Technical inspection and must be completed before the team will be permitted to move on to other dynamic events. ORSE is designed to evaluate the vehicle’s dynamic handling characteristics and verify the ability of the vehicle to safely perform dynamic maneuvers and stop within a safe distance. Vehicles will be evaluated to make sure that no interference with the steering or suspension system exists, that the anti-lock brake system (ABS) is functioning, and that the vehicle exhibits stability at high and low speeds. Failure to pass this event will prevent a team from participating in additional dynamic events.

Before entering the ORSE event, teams must first pass Vehicle Technical inspection. Before proceeding to ORSE for the first time, a shakedown will be driven by a designated GM Driver (such as a teams’ GM Mentor) with a student permitted to ride in the passenger seat. On-Road Safety will also be driven by an ORSE GM Driver with a student permitted to ride in the passenger seat. If a vehicle fails to pass any portion of ORSE, it will be returned to the garage.

The acceleration event is available to teams who have passed ORSE and is designed to evaluate the ability of their vehicles to accelerate from initial vehicle movement (IVM) to 60 MPH on a closed course straight-away. This test is to measure the vehicles ability in real-world situations where increased acceleration is needed i.e. merging onto a highway or interstate. This event may be driven by a university team member or the General Motors Event Captain (with the remaining individual in the passenger seat).

The Longitudinal Control Test event is designed to test initial development and deployment of longitudinal control algorithms on team vehicles in the form of conventional cruise control. Teams must pass VTI and ORSE to be eligible for this event. Teams must have the ability for the event captain to input cruise control commands manually via the stock cruise buttons on the vehicle. This is a scored dynamic vehicle event that will take place on the DPG circle track. Team vehicles will be evaluated on their ability to accept input from the driver to engage and operate cruise control, maintain a set speed, respond to increment/decrement requests, allow driver overrides, and properly indicate to the driver the state of the CAV system. Teams who compete in this event will also be eligible to win the dSPACE sponsor award Best Cruise Control System. Successful completion of this event will prepare teams for further development and deployment of CAV control algorithms in Y3. This event will be driven by a General Motors Event Captain with the University Student in the passenger seat.

The Endurance and Energy Consumption (EEC) Event in Year 2 is designed to evalute the ability of the teams vehicles to complete a real-world drive cycle on a closed course containing both city and highway sections. The drive portion of the event will be executed on the circle track and cover up to 21 miles in approximately 90 minutes, with a maximum allowable speed of 60 MPH. Team vehicles' energy use and efficiency will be measured before and after this event. This event will be driven by a General Motors Event Captain with the University Student in the passenger seat.