CalSMV, the Super Mileage Vehicle Team at the University of California, Berkeley participates in competitions where students design and build a car with the purpose of obtaining maximum fuel efficiency.
We encourage students of any major to come out and participate in CalSMV work sessions, which we usually hold on Saturdays. Please email Olek to join our mailing list, which will let you know when we are meeting and what we will be doing. For more information about our team and activities, please see the information section.
News and Updates:
Fall 2008
Welcome new and prospective members! We will be having a General Meeting on Thursday, September 18 at 5PM, location TBA.
Summer 2008
07/08/2008
We have set up a wiki on the new server.
Spring 2008
Welcome new and returning members! You can view and download our Spring 2008 schedule of worksessions here [PDF, 67KB]. During this semester, we will be preparing a vehicle for the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Competition, which will be held on April 10-13 at the California Motorspeedway in Fontana, California.
NEWS
The Shell Competition is less than 1 week away! We will be having frequent work sessions during the next week. Join the Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/calsmv for more information, including things to do, meeting times and locations. I also realized that my redirector to the members page were pointing to an older version, instead of the current list of active members. Sorry about that.
04/04/2008
With less than a week to go before the Shell Eco-Marathon competition, we've been having marathon work-sessions as we rush to complete the car in time. Here are pictures from the April 01 (gallery and slideshow) and April 04 (gallery and slideshow) worksessions. I also decided to post a few random CalSMV pics for your enjoyment.
03/15/2008
Pictures from the March 15 worksession are now available. We drew CADs of parts, machined, mocked up the chassis and CVT system, and worked with chemicals. View Slideshow
03/01/2008
Pictures from the March 01 worksession are now available. We continued to lay up the fairings, built brake lights, and worked on other components of the vehicle. View Slideshow
02/23/2008
Pictures from the February 23 worksession are now available. We tabled at the Engineering for Kids event, created mockups of the fairing and chassis, formed the windshield, and started building a temperature controller for the chassis layup. View Slideshow
02/09/2008
Pictures from the February 09 worksession are now available. We tested out the prototype fiberglass fairing we built last week, and continued working on the fuel injection system and starter motor mount. View Slideshow (Beta)
02/02/2008
Pictures from the February 02 worksession are now available. We started vacuum forming the molds, and building the fuel injection system. View Slideshow (Beta)
01/26/2008
Pictures from the January 26 worksession are now available. We finished sanding, waxing, and buffing the molds, cleaned up most of the work site, and planned the placement of the wheels and engine on the chassis, and tested equipment that we will use for vacuum forming next week. View Slideshow (Beta)
Fall 2007
12/08/2007
We repaired damage on the female molds, and started sanding in preparation for casting the fairing. We also rearranged parts of the work site.
12/01/2007
Pictures from the December 01 worksession are now available. We fixed rough spots on the female mold with gelcoat, and started cleaning up the work site. View Slideshow (Beta)
11/10/2007
Pictures from the November 10 worksession are now available. We popped out the completed the female mold, and started to clean it up.
09/29/2007, 11/03/2007
Pictures from the September 29 and November 03 worksessions are now available
10/06/2007
Saturday, October 06. We will be designing the chassis and completing preparations for making the female mold.
10/03/2007
We are having a meeting in Hesse hall at 6PM on Wednesday October 03. We will talk about the chassis, money stuff and anything else anybody wants to talk about. All are welcome, but it is not required, but I highly encourage anybody who wants to get more involved to attend. It will be in our room in Hesse, which is right by the entrance where we usually wait for rides on Sat.
09/15/2007, 09/22/2007
Pictures from the September 15 and September 22 worksessions are now available.
09/08/2007
12 pictures from the Introductory Work Session on Saturday, September 8 are now available in the new photo gallery (still under construction). More pictures from the worksession are also available here.
Welcome new students! We will be having a general information meeting during the second week of school, on September 5th, at 5:30 in 3110 Etcheverry Hall. New members are welcome to attend.
Spring 2007
04/14/2006
NEW - Pictures and stories about the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas competition, April 13-14, 2007 here.
03/29/2007
Assortment of pictures from our spring break workathon. Click here.
02/17/2006
16 pictures from the February 17, 2007 work session here.
02/10/2007
INTRODUCTORY WORKSESSION. Saturday, February 10. Meet at Hesse at noon for a ride.
02/01/2007
1st GENERAL MEETING. Thursday, February 1. 5:30 PM, 3110 Etcheverry.
Fall 2006
11/17/2006
11 pictures from the November 17, 2006 work session here.
10/10/06
Video of crushing the roll bars and test pieces here.
10/7/06
Pictures of making the trial roll bars here.
10/4/06
CADs of the 2007 fairing here.
8/30/06
We made an amendment to the constitution, you can find the whole document in the information section. Also in the information section is the form you need if you need to turn in receipts.
7/2/06
Preliminary CADs of the 2007 car here.
6/22/06
Galleries from the 2006 SAE Supermileage Vehicle Competition.
6/05/06
May 2006 Part V.
Spring 2006
5/29/06
Updates galore as this years car comes together: Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV
4/04/06
Creating the female mold during the April 2 worksession.
3/31/06
Finishing the male mold through mid-march here.
2/26/06
February 25th worksession here.
2/19/06
Picture from the first weeks of February. In addition, special thanks for recent donations from Lockheed Martin, Chevron, and the Northern California Section of SAE.
1/31/06
Lots of updates to the 2005 and 2006 Gallery.
1/31/06
Mold construction begins, and more from January.
1/16/06
Recap of changes in November and December of 2005 here.
Fall 2005
11/04/05
Photos of engine case work in the machine shop.
10/29/05
October 29th worksession pictures here.
10/25/05
Pictures from the beginning of the fall semester here.
