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A car that goes 1,000 km with just a litre of
fuel
Thursday April 04, 2013 09:06:33 AM,
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Abu Dhabi: A team
of engineering students in the UAE have designed a car that could
potentially travel up to 1,000 km on just one litre of fuel.
The lightweight vehicle -- named Eco-Dubai 1 -- is in its final
stage of construction and will begin testing in the next two
weeks.
The product of almost two years of work by students at the Higher
Colleges of Technology Dubai Men's College, the vehicle is half a
metre wide, two metres long and half a metre high and weighs about
25 kg.
It will enter a race in July against similarly designed cars from
around the world, including four other vehicles produced in the
UAE.
Ahmad Khamis Al Suwaidi, one of the students behind the car, said:
"Petrol is not going to last forever. One day we're going to run
out. So in terms of developing a local eco-car industry, it starts
with us. We're the future of the UAE in this."
The students will put their creation to the test at Shell's
Eco-Marathon to be held July 4-7 in Kuala Lumpur.
The competition is based on designing a car that can travel the
farthest on just one litre of fuel.
Students are allowed to use electricity, solar or hybrid
technologies to reach their goal.
The record for the longest distance travelled is held by students
from France's Polytech Nantes University, who designed a car that
travelled almost 4,900 km.
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