Design rules and construction guidelines are detailed in your ElectrathonTM America Design and Event Rules booklet (you'll receive from ElectrathonTM America after you register). However, following are several basic design and construction requirements all cars must meet.

To ensure that the excellent safety record already established by the Kansas ElectroRally is maintained, there is strict adherence to keep following the Electrathon(tm) Design and Event Rules published by ElectrathonTM America.There have been hundreds of ElectrathonTM events held in the United States over the last 10 years without any serious accidents.  However, there have been three vehicle rollover incidents (one during the 1997 Kansas ElectroRally) that could have resulted in injury if the proper safety guideline had not been followed. Utilizing battery storage technology in any vehicle is far safer than the same vehicle would be with gasoline, but there are still possible hazards (i.e. fire and sulfuric acid burns) which will be addressed by following the ElectrathonTM Design and Event Rules. Even though the ElectrathonTM Design and Event Rules only require that there not be any sharp protrusions from vehicles, teams are also encouraged to incorporate a vehicle nose that is a rounded type. Wedge shaped vehicles have the possibility to get under the wheels of another vehicle and flip it (i.e. the 1997 Kansas ElectroRally).