Alexandre Penot 5th-year student
After three years of intense work to design and build our electric streamliner, a 7-meter long, 880 kg vehicle, in the summer of 2017 we raced in the famous Speed Week in Bonneville, USA.
We were the only student team in the competition among all the professionals. Our ambition was to break the world speed record. Ultimately, we reached 247km/h. It was a wonderful adventure and we came back with stars in our eyes and a head full of memories!
ESTACA accompanied us throughout this project called ESTACA on The Salt. Personally, this challenge taught me a lot and made my training more concrete, including for example project management, budget management, communication with sponsors or the press, design, perseverance in faced with difficulties, etc. It also brought the whole team a lot of fun! Finally, it gave me a taste for entrepreneurship and after my degree, I would like to create my own company.
