Power the Future of Purdue Electric Racing

Help PER engineers design, build, test, and race the next generation of electric race cars.

Purdue Electric Racing is Purdue University's Formula SAE Electric team. Each year, students work together to design, manufacture, assemble, test, and compete with a formula-style electric race car.

The project provides an environment where students can take engineering beyond the classroom. Members are responsible for real components and systems whose performance directly affects the vehicle. Students learn not only how to design something, but how to manufacture it, test it, identify failures, improve it, and integrate it into a complete vehicle.

Our team has continued to take on increasingly ambitious engineering challenges. Recent vehicle development has included a four-wheel-drive architecture, regenerative braking, a custom battery management system, extensive vehicle dynamics development, and student-designed mechanical and electrical systems.

The team is now entering another major stage of growth. We are working toward a top-five Formula SAE finish and reaching Design Finals while investing heavily in member development, manufacturing capabilities, testing, and vehicle reliability.

At the same time, we are laying the groundwork for future technologies and expanding the team's capabilities in areas such as advanced manufacturing and autonomous vehicle development.

Your support turns student designs into real parts, testing, manufacturing, and a competition-ready race car.

Donations will directly support the design, manufacturing, testing, and competition of Purdue Electric Racing's next electric race car.

Building a Formula SAE vehicle requires much more than purchasing raw materials. Every system must be designed, manufactured, integrated, and extensively tested before the vehicle reaches competition.

Without sufficient funding, we would have to reduce manufacturing, testing, and development. Components may need to be delayed or redesigned around cost rather than performance, and fewer resources would be available for students to manufacture and validate their designs.

Reduced funding also means less vehicle testing. Testing is essential not only for performance but also for reliability and safety. The earlier the team can finish the vehicle, the more time students have to identify failures, collect data, make improvements, and prepare for competition.

Ultimately, donations do more than help us build a race car. They preserve an environment where Purdue students can experience the entire engineering process—from an initial idea through design, manufacturing, failure, iteration, and validation. Supporting Purdue Electric Racing means helping students become better engineers by giving them the opportunity to build something real.