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Students design the mobility of the future
This year, 161 teams from 25 countries in Europe and Africa are taking part in the Shell Eco-Marathon and presenting their ideas for future mobility and innovative design as part of the “Make the Future Live” event at Mercedes-Benz World.
Students design the mobility of the future
One of the participants in the Shell Eco-Marathon 2019 is the TERA team from TU Graz. “After things didn’t go as expected for us in 2018, we’re hoping for a place in the top 10 this year,” says Graz team spokesman Marius Müller. The so-called Mileage Challenge is about covering a certain distance with as little energy (fuel or kilowatt hours) as possible. Last year, the French team Microjoule-La-Joliverie impressed in the gasoline engine prototype category with an almost unbelievable 2,324 kilometers on one liter of fuel. The people of Graz only achieved 14th place with 345 km/kWh. This year, a distance of 16 kilometers (11 laps of 1.45 km each) must be covered in a maximum of 39 minutes. The challenge: If you drive too fast, you use up too much energy; if you drive too slowly or stop, you exceed the time limit. It is then calculated how far a vehicle would have traveled with a whole liter of fuel or a certain amount of electrical energy. The Graz prototype “Fennek 2019” is battery-electric. “The importance of electromobility will increase in the passenger car sector,” Gert Seybold, CEO of Shell Austria GmbH, is convinced. However, there is no one solution for all means of transport, says Seybold. Accordingly, Shell will offer a mosaic of fuels in the future.