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A student engineering team at Delft University of Technology built the world’s fastest electric car with help from requirements management software that improved collaboration, resulting in faster decision-making and information-sharing. The team met all its initial design goals and delivered the record-setting vehicle on time.

The prestigious Delft University of Technology (DUT) in the Netherlands is recognized as one of the world’s top learning institutions in the fields of science and technology. The university’s stellar reputation has been earned over the years because DUT students are expected to think independently and take creative approaches to problem solving. This desire to innovate is evident in the DUT Racing Team, a group of nearly 100 elite engineering students who have never been deterred by a challenge and embrace the notion of problem solving. In fact, the DUT racing team has a long history of pushing the limits year after year in their quest to build a faster car with a better design.

For the past 14 years, the DUT racing team has competed against 500 other teams from across the globe in the ultra-competitive Formula Student car race series. Designed to excite and encourage students to pursue a career in engineering, Formula Student offers young people an opportunity to build a highly complex single-seat racing car in the demanding …

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