Lublin University of Technology students built energy-efficient cars
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Elvic car with electric drive, which travels 190 km on one kWh, and city car Cetan, which consumes one litre of fuel per 80 km, have been built by Lublin University of Technology students. Both cars have been presented in Lublin.
The cars have been built by memvers of student scientific clubs at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology. In May, their vehicles started in the 28th edition of the prestigious student competition Shell Eco-Marathon in Rotterdam. The competition is held every year in a different place in the world. Competing student teams from universities around the world design and build energy-efficient vehicles.
In the competition category "Prototype", the team from Lublin University of Technology, which built the car Elvic, was 17th in 23 admitted vehicles. Six vehicles compete in "Urban Concept" category, in which Cetan won third place.
Electricity powered Elvic can travel 190 km on 1 kWh of energy. It is powered by a battery, the full charging of which takes 2-3 hours. It weighs about 60 kg. It’s maximum speed is 50 km/h.
The students intend to work on improving the car performance. "We will try to reduce its weight by half, because it is far too heavy. We also want to build a motor controller that will improve the energy consumption result by at least 30-40 percent" - said Piotr Szlęzak, project manager, third-year student of Mechatronics at Lublin University of Technology.
The car Cetan, designed by students of Lublin University of Technology for use in city traffic, has a diesel engine with a capacity of 211 cubic cm. The vehicle weighs 205 kg, has 4.5 hp and consumes one litre of fuel per 80 km. The maximum speed of the car is 80 km/h.
"Conceptually, we started working on this car last October, and the vehicle was physically built in two months" - said Michał Sapielak, project manager, third-year student of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at Lublin University of Technology.
The designers of Cetan will also be making modifications to their vehicle. The planned changes are intended to make the car faster and more energy-efficient.
Both teams, each composed of more than a dozen people, announce further work on improving their prototypes, and they hope to compete in Shell Eco-Marathon next year.
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