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Community Electrifying the Urban Commute
ChargeCarPrize Leaderboard - Frozen until 09/08/10!
RankAuthor/TeamPolicy NameDatePercent i2 Reduction
1Jurgen van DijkTarget Policy08/31/1030.943%
2MPL1031MPL1031 Speed Demand Trickle Policy08/31/1029.756%
3Will SnookAdaptive Trickle v108/25/1027.320%
4Alexander NoethAN Speed Policy08/31/1025.142%
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*ExampleSpeed Trickle Policy06/15/1024.416%
*ExampleNaive Buffer Policy06/15/106.632%

Live - First month complete!

Congratulations to Jurgen Van Dijk for winning the first month of ChargeCarPrize! He, MPL1031, and Will Snook all qualify to compete for the Grand Prize. New software and data has been released, so be sure download the new versions before resuming!

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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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