This educational project aims to design and build an Open-Source Sports Electric Vehicle (OSSEV®). It is a father (Rob Collingridge) and son (Ethan Collingridge) collaboration but, we working with many other people and organisations.
Anyone can get involved via the Open-Source Sports Electric Vehicle (OSSEV) Facebook group. We will be working with suppliers, sponsors, charities, volunteers and other organisations to develop the OSSEV® and we will also be raising awareness of mental health issues.
We have four main goals with this project:
An open-source sports EV makes a lot of sense. Not only will it be cheaper to develop and build but, it will also be cheap to maintain, repair, upgrade and insure as there will be plenty of spare parts available at very reasonable prices. Owners will also have a customised and personalised vehicle (colour, features, specification, etc).
To progress this project quickly we aim to fund it using the GoFundMe website. You can read more about how the funding will be used.
We are planning to produce an electric, convertible, rear-wheel drive sports car with two seats that is involving and great fun to drive, gorgeous to look at and also practical to own and use.
Our benchmarks are the Lotus Elise S1 for handling and the Mazda MX-5 for practicality. As a low-volume car it will have to pass the UK IVA test to legally be allowed on the road.
The main design targets for the base model are:
There will many options, including choice of body colour and styling details, a larger battery pack giving greater range, an off-the-shelf infotainment system, etc. These are covered in much more detail in the design section.