VED (Vinci Eco Drive) is a student association for automobile construction. It was founded eight years ago at the Pôle Univer ... sitaire Léonard de Vinci, in La Défense. It brings together more than 80 students from 3 different schools: ESILV (engineers), EMLV (managers) and IIM (digital). The objective of this association is to imagine, design and build electric cars through two innovative and ambitious projects. => 1st project: the Efficiency Prototype: a 100% electric vehicle with the objective of consuming as little energy as possible. We have been building a prototype every year since 2013. Our record distance covered is 3731km for an electric consumption equivalent to 1litre of SP95 petrol. Our current prototype is called NOVA. => 2nd project: the Formula Student: a real electric racing car, its objective is to be efficient, agile and fast on the track. We have been working on this car for 2 years in order to take part in competitions from the summer of 2022. This association aims to be a hub of skills and ambitions allowing students to carry out a project from A to Z. The association has an unshakeable desire to build cars by its own means. If some parts that are impossible to machine are ordered, the rest is entirely manufactured by the association in its workshops. The Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci allows for the intrinsic mixing of courses and projects, each benefiting the other. Outside the current health context, VED participates in international races such as the Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) or the Educ Eco. These high-publicised inter-university car races bring together over 3,500 students and 40,000 spectators from all over Europe. For more information, you can also find us on Facebook, Instagram and on our website vinciecodrive.fr! read more