Help Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles set land speed records!

Cal Poly HPV is on a mission to set a collegiate land speed record, and we need your help to do it!   

At Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles (HPV), we design, build and race vehicles for competitions every year.  We take our vehicles across the country to compete against other schools as well as professional HPV groups. Cal Poly HPV gives students invaluable experience applying what they learn in classrooms to real world scenarios and prepares them for careers in a variety of fields. Students learn vehicle dynamics and chassis design, fabrication, precision manufacturing, aerodynamic and mechanical analysis and composite systems design and manufacturing.   

We are the oldest team in the world of any type, collegiate or professional, that has consistently designed, built and raced fully-faired human-powered vehicles. The organization was founded in 1977, and has been breaking records and topping podiums ever since. Today’s students continue to push the team forward with the same drive for innovation and progress that the team has valued for decades.   

As the club enters its 50th year, we’ve started work on a brand new vehicle design, centered around a carbon fiber chassis. With this new lightweight bike, we hope to set new American collegiate men’s and women’s land speed records when we head to the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in September of 2027. This annual, week-long competition is hosted in Battle Mountain, Nevada, where we compete with teams from around the globe. Donations for this year will allow more members of our growing team to attend the competition, in addition to helping fund material costs for the manufacturing of our vehicle. We greatly appreciate the support we receive from our generous friends, families, alumni and industry partners, no matter the amount. 

Thank you for your continued support of Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicles!