SUCCESS STORY
DecodEV Hackathon | Decoding the future of EV using AI
Accelerating the Electric Revolution: Harnessing the Power of Hackathons to Solve Challenges in the Electric Vehicles Sector with AI-Based Solutions
Overview
- Focus: Accelerating innovation in the electric vehicle (EV) industry with AI solutions for challenges like battery life/charging, range anxiety, and grid issues.
- Organizers: Where U Elevate and E-Cell, IIIT-Delhi. Held in September 2022.
- Sponsors: TelioEV, Electric-One, Bluwheelz, HayasaEV, and others.
- Support: Centre for Sustainable Mobility (Delhi government) provided data access..
- Media Coverage: Parliamentarian, TopDrive, Startup Story, BatteryBusiness, etc.
- Notable Guest: Mr. Vinit Goenka (BJP Delhi) provided guidance to participants.
Outcomes
- 100+ participants from 20+ engineering colleges participated in the 22 hour hackathon held at IIIT-Delhi.
- A prize money of 2.5 lacs and an electric scooter was awarded to the top 4 teams
- The hackathon was attended by 50+ guests from the EV industry, media, academicians, government officials and investors
- One participant was offered incubation worth 25 lacs from one of the sponsors
