Horizon Fuel Cell powered team wins 1st place at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2010
Singapore– In the first Shell Eco-marathon to take place in Asia, University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) took the first place by achieving an impressive 599km per liter of petrol equivalent, in an extreme energy-efficient electric vehicle design that hybridized Horizon’s hydrogen fuel cells with a powerful ultra-capacitor. Horizon’s fuel cells also powered Thailand’s first ever hydrogen participation (King Mongtut Institute of Technology) to 3rd place for the Asia region.
The first Asian Shell Eco-marathon included 81 teams from 10 Asian countries and was heldat the Formula One Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia on July 7-10, 2010. Shell Eco-marathons have been held for more than 25 years, bringing together high schools, universities, and engineering schools from different countries to create and race the most energy-efficient vehicles. With annual events in the Americas, Europe and now Asia, winning teams are rewarded for traveling the furthest distance using the least amount of energy, as fuel or fuel equivalent.
This year’s leading teams are now looking forward further developing and optimizing their power systems for next year’s race while Horizon Fuel Cell continues its development of higher performance, highly efficient fuel cell technologies. The company’s evolving hydrogen fuel cell technologies offers an attractive technological alternative that brings winning results to Eco-marathon competitors: ultra-light fuel cells with limited peripherals, increasing simplicity, reducing weight, and improving overall vehicle efficiency.
