https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/Engineering a Connected World! By connecting engineers to powerful new ideas, the latest technologies, and to each other, the element14 Community is creating innovative solutions to everyday problems.en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/b/news/posts/winners-announcement-ez-ev-design-challengeMon, 24 Aug 2026 16:10:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0f81d090-ac82-456f-a502-1525082d730eJoRatcliffeIt is time to announce our EZ-EV winners! Let’s do a quick recap of the challenge requirements and remind ourselves of the prizes, then get straight into the winners. The Challenge For a chance at winning one of the prizes, participants in the challenge had to create a prototype smart electric vehicle or smart system for a next-generation of vehicles, showcasing the features of the kit's components in the most imaginative way possible. Judging criteria included originality, innovation, technical merit, and sharing the build process with at least five forum posts and a final project write-up. The Prizes Prize Prize Category First Place Prize First Place wins Smart Electric Scooter ( Approx. Value £279 GBP) Smart LED Bike Helmet ( Approx. Value £160 GBP) Bionic Dog Robot ( Approx. Value £360 GBP) Second Place Prize Second Place wins Bionic Dog Robot (Approx. Value £360 GBP) Third Place Prize Third Place wins 6x4 Off-Road UGV (Approx. Value £150 GBP) Finisher Prize For anyone who completes their 5 forum posts and 1 project blog demonstrating their project. 400A AC/DC Clamp Meter, 30mm Jaw (Approx. Value £49.23) *Don't worry if a prize is out of stock in your region or does not have the right plug for you. We can ship from global stocks, include a plug adaptor, or find a local equivalent of a prize. **Grand Prize and Runner Up winners will also earn the finisher prize. The Winners! 1 st Place Winner EVA Guardian Sumanth_m_n designed a prototype battery insight, safety and emergency response system for electric vehicles. 2 nd Place Winner DockBot arvindsa created a vision-guided robot for autonomous EV charging which can go to a charger, pick up a charging cable, then move over to a car and plug it in. 3 rd Place Winner Project GEPARD UlolKidz designed a scaled-down autonomous UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) that can function as a testbed for analytics, testing, and simulations. Finisher Prize In no particular order Hall-w-EV tamadillo and hambreros built their own autonomous vehicle that can either be driven via remote control or drive itself down their hallway! SmartAssist EV jelektro created a compact smart, compact robot car for testing autonomous navigation, obstacle detection, and smart mobility algorithms for use in healthcare or elderly care settings. Vape Cell EV saramic ’s project used salvaged lithium cells from disposable vapes to test whether a variety of cells with unknown history could be put together in a smart battery to power an EV or EV system. Congratulations to all our EZ-EV’ers! These were all fantastic projects and everyone deserves lots of recognition for all their hard work. e14Liz will be coordinating the prizes for this challenge and will be in touch with updates or in case there are any questions. I hope this makes for a good start to the week for everyone and keep a lookout because our next design challenge will be here very soon…electric vehicledesign challengee14-ez-evevEZ-EVEZ-EVChallengehttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/f/forum/57181/eva-guardian-part_5---the-integrated-system/237940Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:49:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b5045b8a-0a3d-4409-b4b3-20717c2f4e03Sudarshan_HegdeSumanth_m_n , that looping back technique and finding out the communication error in cable is a very nice idea. Overall intersting topic.https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/f/forum/57181/eva-guardian-part_5---the-integrated-system/237937Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:05:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1e8ea986-6e38-44c8-a197-41b72c4857bbSumanth_m_nAn additional fault detection method that I find particularly compelling involves the implementation of a voltage measurement system across various nodes. While this system would be compact and simple, it would significantly enhance a long-term system analysis capabilities.https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/f/forum/57181/eva-guardian-part_5---the-integrated-system/237936Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:03:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ddbe646e-37aa-4296-a2c1-ca525f36a247Sumanth_m_nYes, DAB . A communication fault represents the most critical vulnerability within any multi-node system. Given the availability of the self loopback feature on this RS485 transceiver, accessible via jumpers, I was able to successfully implement this functionality.https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/m/managed-videos/151646Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:07:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5d63d440-4775-481b-a69d-9cbb67e4e67ajelektrohttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/m/managed-videos/151645Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:55:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1989e154-20eb-4741-ba36-d4280f8db955jelektrohttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/m/managed-videos/151644Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:26:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0e7150a5-92f1-4116-b95c-be15ca5b013ejelektrohttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/f/forum/57174/hall-w-ev---post-3---joystick-control/237935Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:37:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f8493e60-f10d-434d-942b-97fae5efb1aehambrerosthanks - yeah it was cool that from a basic 1 servo spins, to a robot that moves around was not that much work - just 2 servos spins but at the right rate - the fact that the servos are identical and one is on the opposite side so turning backwards through us a little bithttps://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/ez-ev-challenge/f/forum/57173/hall-w-ev---post-2---giving-the-robot-a-voice/237934Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:36:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9c832cdc-cdf4-4d62-889a-5e5e11abc6a8hambrerosthey did get stuck a little on the floor boards but OK, we also got some wheel slippage, we had covered the wooden wheels with some old bike tube rubber but still got some slippage like I noticed you mentioned in community.element14.com/.../dockbot---part-6---the-mostly-open-closed-loop-control