Shell Eco-marathon is a worldwide program designed to supply students with hands-on opportunities to develop their ideas, technologies, knowledge and skills within the competitive arena.
The 2018 edition concluded on Saturday (March 10) evening, with Southeast Asian winners posting colourful ends in the predominant winners’ stage.
Shell Eco-marathon is split into two predominant categories: Urban Concept and Prototype.
UrbanConcept vehicles resemble modern road cars, while Prototype vehicles are three-wheeled, highly aerodynamic mini formula cars.
Cars are divided into three energy classes: Internal Combustion (ICE) – gasoline, diesel, ethanol (biofuel), Gas to Liquid (GTL), CNG (compressed natural gas); Battery-electric powered; and hydrogen fuel cell.
More than 120 teams from 18 countries tested self-designed and built energy-efficient vehicles.
There are two key competitions in SEM. The first is the Mileage Challenge, through which UrbanConcept and Prototype cars compete to cover the furthest distance with the smallest amount of fuel.
RESULTS IN THE URBAN CONCEPT CATEGORY
ICE class
- ITS Team 2, Sepuluh Nopbember Institute of Technology, 502, Indonesia
- Semar Urban UGM Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University, 507, Indonesia
- Garuda Team UNY ECO, 503, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
Battery-electric
- LH-EST, Lac Hong University, 701, Vietnam
- Nogogeni ITS Team 1, Sepuluh Nopbember Institute of Technology, 703, Indonesia
- Bumi Siliwangi Team 4, Indonesian University of Education, 707, Indonesia
Hydrogen
- A automobile printed on an NTU Singapore 3D printer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
On this 12 months’s winding 1.2km track, which features many bends and delicate inclines, driving strategy and vehicle aerodynamics played a big role in determining which teams had essentially the most energy-efficient vehicles.
Shell Eco-marathon Global Technical Director Shanna Simmons commented on the teams’ ingenuity: “Shell Eco-marathon Asia showcases this generation’s energy efficiency aspirations.
It’s exciting to see the newest technological advances in combustion engines, battery-electric systems and hydrogen fuel cells utilized in this 12 months’s UrbanConcept vehicles. Student-built UrbanConcept vehicles, modeled after real-world cars, have achieved incredible mileage while reflecting modern industry trends – and this reflects the direction of automotive mobility in Asia.”
Source : www.shell.com.sg
