Posts tagged Shell ECO Marathon

Every year Shell hosts the so called Eco-Marathon. In this competition teams from all over the world (though the competition is divided into three separate ones: Europe, Asia, America) come together to a race. The goal of the race is not to be the fastest, but to be the most economic one. So every team builds a car and tries to drive as far as possible with the energy equivalent to 1 liter of unleaded fuel. More information can be found here.

Last year in my last two semesters of my bachelor study I was part of the ProTRon II team and responsible for the internal communication using a CAN bus. We drove to Nogaro last year and participated in the eco marathon. With 2592km on 1 liter of unleaded fuel, we had a very good result last year and finished at 3rd of our class (fuel cells, prototypes) and 5th overall.

The team with proTRon II and aeris

This year the ProTRon II team was able to break through the magic 3000km mark. They finished as best german team with a result of 3178km. This was good enough for a 3rd place in their class and a 4th place in total. The team made a good progress from the 1800km in the first year over 2500km in the second to finally 3100km in the third year. They also built their first UrbanConcept car called Aeris. This did not make it into the finish, but according to the reports, it was way ahead of other teams with development of a roadworthy design.

Congratulations to the ProTRon II team and all its members!