Iași, 11th of May 2015. The passion of young men and women for the automotive field lead to one of the tightest electric car races in the 9 editions of the "Continental Electro – Mobility" Student Competition. The competition mobilized the almost 100 students from technical faculties in the East of the country. This year 51 teams , registered, but only the top 25 made it to the finals that took place on the 8th and 9th of May. Teams were formed from three or four students from renowned universities in Iași, Suceava, Galați and the Republic of Moldova. They built electric cars formed from a four part system:
- Control of two brushless electrical motors;
- Control of steering that was electrically assisted by a motor;
- Data transfer in the vehicle's control systems;
- Implementation of Client – Server communication.

Continental provided financial support to participating teams for the development of the vehicles: 110 euro each for the purchase of electric motors and 80 euro for costs necessary to accomplish the practical work (electronics, multisegment display, promotional materials, etc). 1.100 euro is the prize offered to the winning team, 800 euro for second place and 500 euro – third place. This edition had a number of new things. Three competitions were introduced into the contest: Hardware – 10 students that made it past the selection stages built on site an electric circuit; Software - five students developed, in a single each, one software project each, and 8 children raced remote controlled cars – Electromobility Kids. The event took place at the Continental office on Bd. Poitiers, Nr. 6.

„ We wanted to challenge the students to channel their talent and passion and create something innovative, to discover how important and charming the automotive industry is. What we develop within Continental is the exact same thing: latest generation technologies, and these young men and women are those that we want on our team that has at the moment over 1,000 members in Iași“, stated Marius Lupu, manager of the Continental facility in Iași.

Winning teams:
Ist place – team Racing Innovation from the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi: Antalut Rareș Victor, Onișoru Andrei Răzvan, Păduraru Iulian, Savastre Iulian. Coordinating teacher Adrian Burlacu.
IInd place – team Dual Autonomous Motor from the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi: Cracan Dan, Taburceanu Vladimir, Sarbanescu Cosmin. Coordinating teacher Cracan Arcadie.
IIIrd place – – team 8team from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava: Pîrcalab Vlăduț Constantin, Chiorescu Gheorghe Cătălin, Macovei Silviu, Iftime Teodor Emilian. Coordinating teacher Prodan Remus.
The special Electro - Mobility Online prize amounting to 300 euro – was won by Aro Evolution from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava: Luchian Teodor, Luca Cristian, Maranciuc Florin Bogdan, Ciobanu Lucian. Coordinating teacher Călin-Horațiu Ciufudean.