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Community Electrifying the Urban Commute
ChargeCarPrize Leaderboard - Live!
RankAuthor/TeamPolicy NameDatePercent i2 Reduction
1ExampleSpeed Trickle Policy6/15/1022.800%
2ExampleNaive Buffer Policy6/15/106.976%
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Beta Phase

For the month of July we're running the contest in beta, so the first official judging and prize awarding will not be until September 1st, 2010. Please send any comments or feedback:

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What is ChargeCarPrize?

ChargeCarPrize is a contest to design an intelligent policy algorithm that will decide how to use the supercapacitor in ChargeCar. Given a demand or regeneration from the motor, as well as inputs such as speed, acceleration, GPS coordinates, and online feeds or databases, the policy must decide how the demand is met from the battery and/or capacitor. We're hoping that with your help and intuition, we can improve the efficiency, longevity, and range of electric vehicles.

Be sure to read the rules before getting started:

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Download Testing Software and Data

We've created a Java simulation that will take GPS data from real drivers and test your algorithm on their trips using a theoretical electric vehicle. Download the software (Java Eclipse Project) and the data files to get started testing and inventing!

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Be sure to check out the instructions for installation and getting started!

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Algorithm Submissions

Email your submissions directly to us below. Please include your author or team name, policy name, and percent i2 reduction on the most recent month of data. Submissions will be tested on our end to confirm leaderboard-worthy results and also to award monthly prizes. If your policy is contained in a single class, simply attaching the Java file is fine. If you have additional dependencies or classes, please combine them into a single JAR file.

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