JUST 0.025% OF INDIAN ENGINEERS CARE FOR THE FUTURE !!?? WE THINK INDIA CAN DO BETTER

        The highest mileage achieved at the Shell Eco Marathon Asia, 2014 is 2730 kilometers per liter in the ethanol category and 1796 kilometers per liter in the prototype gasoline category. 1796 kilometers, that is almost half the entire coastline of India, on a single liter of gasoline. For some reading this post, this achievement still exists in the realm of impossibility. Henry Ford once said,” If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right”. The question is, do we always think we can? Do we pause to think about the possibilities of success, before mining out any reasons that we can find to show the enormous nature of the task that lies ahead? 

          The Shell Eco Marathon challenges students from around the globe to design and build ultra-fuel efficient cars that hold the portal to the future. In 2014, the competition saw 17 teams from India, 17 teams from about 15 Universities. 500 odd students from a country that produces approximately 2 million engineers a year. 500 from a country that has more than 5 million aspirants and innovative thinkers, is merely a fraction of the whole. Barack Obama said,” Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”. If you wish to create, create. If you have an idea, think about it. Maybe, just maybe it would revolutionize the world, and most importantly find happiness out of it, because after all, you are the master of your own actions.

           Team Eco-Titans is an initiative taken by a few students with the help of VIT University. Through constant work and dedication, we were able to achieve a few things, and more importantly learn a lot more. It is our humble request, to all our fellow students from across the country who have a passion for fuel efficient cars, to collaborate with similar people, and to start realizing your dreams, to make your dream car. We hope next year in Philippines, we see a lot more of the Indian flag, waving strong. Feel free to ask any queries related to the ultra fuel efficiency concept to our technical team in the comment box below.                                                   

Care for a Game of Darts ?

On 7^th April, VIT was visited by Honeywell, one of the world’s largest energy efficient conglomerates. As part of the visit, a team of executives from the company came to the workshop to check out all the teams, their cars and the whole working environment. All the teams arranged and organised their work spaces with banners and photographs to make them look lively.

The Honeywell execs, accompanied by the VC, Pro VC and the Dean of SMBS, came at around 2:30 pm and went through all the work spaces asking about the respective cars. The entire Titans team was present to meet them. We talked to them about our car, explaining the super-mileage concept and our aim to achieve a mileage of 1500 kmpl for the 2015 prototype. The visitors found our concept very interesting especially the Dean who inquired a lot.

A minor addition that proved to be very useful on the day was the dart board purchased by our team. We planned to place the dart board in the workshop as a stress reliever. The team mates can throw a few darts and let of some steam, while working on the car.

Archit having a go at the dartboard

On the day of the visit, the dart board proved to be a major source of attraction as well as enjoyment as the entire team got together and played. Even members of other teams were interested and some came to play as well. It was a great way of bonding for the whole team while we waited for the executives.

 In fact, if you are interested you could check out the b block workshop and play a few rounds at the Titans workshop and also gain a handful about the car.

The team with the Honeywell execs and the 2010 prototype

Team Eco Titans

 This is a time of a huge fuel crisis which has engulfed the world. Shell has taken an initiative to combat this fuel crisis by holding an event called Shell Eco Marathon which encourages and challenges young minds to team up and produce a fuel efficient vehicle. Team Eco Titans is a group of likeminded students who have taken up this challenge successfully in the past and succeeded as well. This year we’ll be taking it up again as we build from scratch a car that produces a mileage of at least 400 kmpl.

 The highest mileage in the competition is held by a French team with the vehicle giving over 2000 kmpl.

 The car will be competing against some of the best prototypes of the world in the Shell Eco Marathon Asia which will be held in Manila, Philippines in Feb 2015. This is where we’ll keep you informed on our vehicle, its design, the event, and all the news related to fuel efficiency from around the world as well

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Here's a video about the history of shell eco marathon

Thrill is an option, the future is not.