The Cars
The WISER Formula Hybrid team's long term plan is to continue building a new car from the ground up each year and optimize it to compete the following year for a competition cycle of two years per vehicle. That means that we will bring two cars to the competition each year, one with competition experience and the other being completely new. This allows for rapid experimentation with new technologies to stay ahead of the curve, while at the same time improving on existing designs and really utilizing experienced gained through competition.
The WISER Formula Hybrid team is currently developing its third vehicle, Hammerhawk, for the 2009 Formula Hybrid competition in May. Details have yet to be revealed, but it is sure to be their best vehicle yet.
Meanwhile, Scarlet Hawk will continue to be optimized for the 2009 competition in hopes on improving upon an overall third place finish in its 2008 debut. Red Rocket, in its second competition in 2008, finished seventh overall and has been retired from competition. This vehicle will also optimized and serve as a testbed for innovative hybrid technologies before they are integrated into competition vehicles.
Scarlet Hawk
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Red Rocket
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