• The Cost Report is a Bill of Materials detailing the costs to produce the team’s prototype vehicle using standardized cost references.

• The Cost Scenario asks for each team’s strategic response to an event outside their control.

• Materials catalog updates

• Process changes in forming, coatings, machining

• Tooling changes: 3x metal, 2x plastic/rubber, 1x PCB

• New materials for fasteners and standoffs

• Significant revamp of Electrical and Drivetrain sections

• New approach for custom PCB costing

• Most electronic modules are still cost as bought

Engineering is about finding the Goldilocks Solution. Cost is not separate from engineering; indeed it must go hand in hand with it. Good engineering practice goes beyond the merely technical, and encompasses knowledge of customers, supply chain, society, environmental impact etc.