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Students from the Faculty of Engineering of Košice Technical University (TUKE) returned from the European Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2018 finals, which took place in London. days. With their vehicle, they were able to exceed 418 kilometers per liter of petrol
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A young Košíc student team stood on the track together
with 146 other teams coming mainly from Europe. Representatives from 27 countries on
show what the mobility of the future looks like TASR o it
Silvester Hrink of Seesame was informed Tuesday
In strong competition,
economical vehicle with a self-supporting carbon fiber body,
steering lever and a four-stroke gasoline engine. "Students make
they build the vehicle themselves, which will test each member of the team
knowledge and skills and acquires new ones. great
the added value is to work with materials, which can then be rewound by students
for example, when you work in the automotive industry, "he added
In the same category, students of the Slovak Technical College
University (STU) of Bratislava. Their vehicle, also with lever controls
and gasoline, spent a liter of fuel 314 kilometers. enter
prototypes with the combustion engine won the French team Microjoule-La
Joliverie. He set the record for this year on this category
2324 kilometers per liter of fuel. Except for two university teams
Slovakia and Trnava secondary schools were also represented. The team succeeded
Košice engineers from TUKE were the first Slovak team in 1994, and
as well as the first team from Central Europe to participate in
Shell Eco-marathon Europe. Their best result so far is
783 kilometers per liter of fuel, which is also a Slovak record
in competition.
Competitions on days 5-8. July took place at the festival Make the Future
Live at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. More than
15,000 visitors go through various simulations, virtual reality,
presentations, or contests, how can we live in cities,
work or travel for 50 years
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