UM TodayUMSAE – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CTV Winnipeg: ‘A huge encouragement’: U of M electric car team receives Tesla sponsorship https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-a-huge-encouragement-u-of-m-electric-car-team-receives-tesla-sponsorship/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-a-huge-encouragement-u-of-m-electric-car-team-receives-tesla-sponsorship/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:55:20 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=186259 'A huge encouragement': U of M electric car team receives Tesla sponsorship]]> A University of Manitoba engineering team is celebrating receiving an electric new sponsorship.

The U of M’s chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (UMSAE) Formula Electric team has received a battery sponsorship from Tesla Motors. The electric vehicle manufacturer is donating 2170-type battery cells for the team to use in its next electric car design.

Each school year, engineering students build a new open wheel formula-style electric race car to compete at international events.

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