Till now, 40 student teams with close to 400 students from India and other countries have signed up for the inaugural event in Chennai, India
Among a host of new innovations, Indian students will be showcasing Electric Vehicle (EV) prototypes at the Shell Eco-marathon to be held in Chennai from December 6-9.
Students from Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) will be demonstrating an Electric Vehicle (EV) prototype that, they claim, can run up to 350-km on a single charge.
The students, who call themselves as Team Averera, have built a lightweight, three-wheeled EV with customised motor controller.
Following the industry trend, NIT Raipur’s team Astra has also come up with an EV that, they claim, maximises the utilisation of energy which is stored in the battery for propulsion of the vehicle.
Team Thrusters of the National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi, is also participating in the event with an EV prototype that is claimed to provide a mileage of 150 km per kWh.
Indian women engineers are as creative as their male counterparts, proves team Panthera of the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, who has developed an EV prototype that can go beyond 250-km on a single battery charge. They will be demonstrating their innovation at the Shell Eco-Marathon as well.
The Shell Eco-Marathon will be part of the company’s ‘Make the Future India’ event this year.
SEM, which was first inaugurated in 1939, is the world’s longest-running student competition, where engineering college students are challenged to design, build and test fuel-efficient cars. Indian teams have been participating since 2010, but this is the first time the competition will be held in India.
Till now, 40 student teams with close to 400 students from India and other countries have signed up for the inaugural event in India. They stand to win total prize money of Rs 20 lakh across various categories.
The four-day event will see teams competing in two vehicle classes – the prototype class invites students to enter futuristic, streamlined vehicles, and the Urban Concept class focuses on ‘roadworthy,’ energy-efficient vehicles aimed at meeting the real-life needs of drivers.
Entries will be divided into two energy categories: Internal combustion: petrol and diesel, and ethanol and battery electric.
