Bridgestone and EVolocity spark a relationship

Bridgestone has partnered with EVolocity, a secondary school competition where students design and build electric vehicles to compete against each other.

Schools from all over New Zealand build EVs using a standard 350-Watt motor kit and compete in a series of trials that judges on speed, aerodynamic drag and manoeuvrability.

Bridgestone sees EVolocity as a perfect partnership, aligning with its global ‘Our Way to Serve’ corporate social responsibility platform, focusing on people, mobility and the environment.

“EVolocity is a fantastic initiative to drive interest in areas of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) from high-school students, and Bridgestone understands the importance of supporting programs that foster innovation and ideas from young people,” says Bridgestone’s director of New Zealand business John Staples.

“Bridgestone sees great value in the EVolocity programme. It is more than just a sponsorship for us, it is an investment into the development of sustainable mobility for the future, and more important, the bright young minds that will create it.”

EVolocity chief executive officer Debbie Baker says the support of Bridgestone is a great partnership, built around common goals.

“It’s about turning the drivers of both today and tomorrow onto electric vehicles and understanding the technology behind it,” says Baker.