The vehicle competes in international Shell Eco-Marathon events with a goal to travel as far as possible on a single litre of standard petrol.
The Eco-Car is a spin-off from the original Solar Car Project and explores the urgent need for vehicles that are fuel-saving, efficient and light-weight as a significant focus area in the international engineering community.
Dr Hands shared that the project has already achieved many of its objectives, “Eco-Lab has spawned multiple associated projects in developing technological fields like Augmented Reality, Cloud Data Analytics, Telemetry & Communications, Analysis & Simulation as well as Advanced Materials”.
The Eco-Car app can be explored here: http://mysite.nmmu.ac.za/EcoCar/story_html5.html
Feel free to visit the link below for additional media:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/364655030362027/?ref=bookmarks
