Fuel Efficient Cars Upto 1500 km/litre

Yes this is true . These cars will shortly runs on International roads.

Students of Indonesian ready for action in the fuel efficient car race at Sepang Circuit, Malaysia in the Shell Eco-marathon event. The target is 1,500 km per liter!

These fuel efficient vehicles runs through gasoline engine, diesel and ethanol.  Some use motorcycle engines and other machinery with engine capacity of about 35 cc-210 cc.

To pursue their efficiency using carbon fiber body and drove the vehicle at 25-40 km per hour. So also to make the car more stable when in turn, the wheels of vehicles were slightly fitted on the outside.

Vehicles from the UI

1. Kesavha Garuda Evolution

 

Chassis: Semi-monocoque
Body: Fiberglass
height length and width: 273 cm, 80 cm and 80 cm
wheelbase: 187 cm
without the driver's weight: 50 kg
rim: 14 inch
engine: Suzuki Smash 115 cc Titan
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 1,000 km per liter

2. Kalabia (The name is taken from the Papuan language which means shark)

Chassis: Semi-monocoque
Body: fiber / acrylic
height length and width: 248 cm, 120 cm and 123 cm
wheelbase: 148 cm
weight without driver: 120 kg
rim: 14 inch
engine: 125 cc Shogun
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 500 km per liter

 

Vehicles from GMU

  

1. Semar Prototype

  

Chassis: Aluminum
Body: Fiberglass
height length and width: 300 cm, 70 cm and 110 cm
wheelbase: 160 cm
without the driver's weight: 50 kg
rim: 14 inch
engine: 4 stroke, 1 cylinder 90 degree, 110 cc
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: above 280 km per liter

 

2. Urban Semar

Chassis: Aluminum
Body: Fiberglass
height length and width: 250 cm, 110 cm and 125 cm
wheelbase: 137.5 cm
weight without driver: 100 kg
rim: 14 inch
engine: 4 stroke, 1 cylinder 100 cc
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 300 km per liter

Vehicles from ITB

1. Ancestor Nusantara

Chassis: Aluminum
Body: carbon fiber
height length and width: 250 cm, 110 cm and 128 cm
wheelbase: 100 cm
weight without driver: 150 kg
rim: 16 inch
engine: 110 cc ICE
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 100 km per liter

2. Rakata

    

Chassis: Full monocoque
Body: carbon fiber
height length and width: 280 cm, 56 cm and 77 cm
wheelbase: 104 cm
without the driver's weight: 60 kg
rim: 17 inch
engine: 125 cc
Fuel: Ethanol
Target in SEM: 600 km per liter

Vehicles from ITS

1. Winds Sweep 3

Chassis: Aluminum custom
Body: fiberglass / foam polyurethan
height length and width: 260 cm, 112 cm and 125 cm
wheelbase: 150 cm
without the driver's weight: 90 kg
rim: 17 inch
engine: 110 cc Honda Revo
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 300 km per liter

"We've improved in terms of electronic and heavy vehicles, so we expect we'll get a better rate," said team manager ITS Anditya Yudhishthira.

2. Winds Sweep 4:  (Diesel Engine )

   

Chassis: Aluminium
body: fiberglass / foam polyurethan
height length and width: 260 cm, 112 cm and 125 cm
wheelbase: 150 cm
without the driver's weight: 90 kg
rim: 17 inch
engine: 210 cc diesel engine
Fuel: diesel
Target in SEM: 300 km per liter

"It's the only car of the Indonesian team who use diesel fuel. We have done repair of stability and center of gravity is evenly distributed," said Team Manager Eko Hardianto.     

3. Winds Sweep 5

Chassis: Aluminum
Body: fiberglass / polyurethane foam
height length and width: 280 cm, 60 cm and 108 cm
wheelbase: 149 cm
without the driver's weight: 40 kg
rim: 21 inch
engine: 1990 cc engine Paijo independently developed by the students of ITS
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 1,500 km per liter, the SEM 2010 reached 234 km per liter.

"The unit was repaired and controlnya stability problem solved by adding a turning radius," said Team Manager Rahmat Hidayat.     

Vehicles from State Polytechnic Pontianak (Polnep)

Chassis: st42
Body: Fiberglass
height length and width: 312 cm, 70 cm and 108 cm
wheelbase: 203.5 cm
without the driver's weight: 42.4 kg
rim: 16 inch
engine: 4 stroke 35 cc SOHC
Fuel: Gasoline
Target in SEM: 1,500 km per liter