Team Lakshya participates in Shell Eco Marathon with Eternity III

Team Lakshya, comprising students of Mechanical Engineering, second year, Chitkara University, are set to take part in Shell Eco Marathon with their latest urban concept car, Eternity III.

The team is set to showcase Eternity III’s fuel efficiency. The car has been made by the students with the support of Aautosync – Automotive Centre of Excellence and Chitkara University.

The car boasts of an amazing body shell designed and fabricated on carbon fiber. The car is efficient, as several experiments have been made to fine tune the car for the event .

The car has been shipped to Kuala Lumpur for the competition to be held from July 4 to 7, 2013, at the Sepang International Circuit.

The team shall be competing with almost 168 teams Pan Asia.

Aautosync and Chitkara University extend wishes to the team for being acknowledged for their efforts at the competition.

Info about the competition can be found below.

About shell eco-marathon

Shell Eco-marathon challenges teams of science, engineering and technology students around the world to design, build and drive the most fuel-efficient vehicle possible. The programme culminates in three days of competition at locations in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Shell Eco-marathon is also a global forum for debate about smarter mobility and the future of energy, involving academics, politicians, businesses, students – and you.

Shell Eco-marathon provides a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of design and fuel efficient driving and build the cars of tomorrow. This is an important part of Shell’s response to the energy challenge – to meet the world’s growing consumption of energy in a responsible and sustainable way.
Aautosync and Chitkara University wish the team all the very best for this endeavor and hope they come back with flying colours.