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About the Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival

The Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival 'EVFest' is all about thinking of sustainable transport in fun and innovative ways that support the development of electric vehicle industries in the region.
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​The Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival is delivered each year by a range of supportive Hunter organisations and businesses.

The EV Prize event is held every year, and sees high school students build and race their electric bikes at Newcastle Kart Racing Club at Cameron Park, for the coveted EV Prize. ​​Check out the 2018 EVPrize Results.

This year we are again engaging with our primary school and high school students in the region and beyond, who are building solar-powered cars and racing them on a 20m straight or oval track, the  Mini EV Prize at the Newcastle Kart Racing Club at Cameron Park. 

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The Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival is an annual event now in its 9th year.

The Tom Farrell Institute initiated the Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival in 2011 with a view to enhancing interest in clean energy transport in the region.  The two major focal points of the festival are:
  • To encourage and attract more school students into careers in science and engineering, through involvement in construction of competition electric vehicles.  The electric vehicle racing platform is novel and ideal for science engagement. It allows us to access new audiences through family, community and online social networks in a fun format that places science literacy in an immediate and positive context. The electric vehicle platform is a fun basis to explore physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics as well as emerging sciences such as nanotechnology, which is the basis for recent improvements in battery technology;
  • And to stimulate clean energy manufacturing in the region. Electric vehicles are part of the clean-tech revolution and so also provide a basis to engage audiences with discussions on environmental and energy security issues as well as social aspects of change.

EV Prize and Mini EV Prize competitions will be held at Newcastle Kart Racing Club, 5 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park NSW

Copyright © 2018 Hunter Valley EV Festival. All Rights Reserved. The HVEVF was an intiative of the Tom Farrell Institute at the University of Newcastle
All enquiries to 02 4921 6268 or tim.roberts@newcastle.edu.au
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  • Home
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
  • Mini EV Prize 2019
    • Mini EV Prize General and Safety Information Kit
    • Mini EV Prize Community Workshop
    • How to Construct Your Solar Car
    • Mini EV Prize Team Entry 2019
    • Register Mini EV Team in Eventbrite 2019
    • Mini EV Prize Rules 2019
  • EVPrize 2019
    • EV Prize Safety and Information Pack
    • EV Prize Team Entry 2019
    • Register EV Team in Eventbrite 2019
    • Teacher's EV Prize Resource Manual
    • EV Prize Rules 2019
  • EV Show 2018
  • Science in Practice
  • Sponsorship
    • Sponsors 2020
    • Sponsors 2019
    • Sponsors 2018
  • Past Events
    • EV Prize Photo Gallery >
      • Photo Gallery 2018
      • Photo Gallery 2017
      • Photo Gallery 2016
      • Photo Gallery 2015
      • Photo Gallery 2014
      • Photo Gallery 2013
      • Photo Gallery 2012
      • Photo Gallery 2011
    • HVEVF Reports >
      • 2019 Newcastle Show
      • 2018 EV Fest Prize Results and Report
      • 2017 HVEVF Prize Results and Report
      • 2016 HVEVF Report
      • 2016 EV Prize Results
      • 2015 HVEVF Report
      • 2014 EV Prize Results
      • EVPrize 2014
      • EV Show 2014
      • EVPrize 2013
    • Articles
    • Science in Practice 2018
  • Contacts