It’s the season for green wheels. With the persistent rise in gasoline prices and the fuel efficiency thrust students of DCE are building a new age hybrid car with a funding of just 6.5 lakh from auto giant Mahindra and Mahindra.
The prototype has many benefits over other hybrid cars of the world as it will be very cost effective with low maintenance budget and is eco-friendly. The prototype will run on both electricity and petrol, trying to increase the mileage and reduce carbon emissions while overcoming shortcomings of electric cars that run on batteries. The car will feature a convenient one switch refueling system to switch from one fuel to another.
Cost effective mechanism
The single seater car uses a belt-and-pulley system designed by Anubhav Jain, Abhinav Bhatia and Nitesh Gupta, the three students behind DCE’s hybrid car project instead of a torque coupler to blend the power of the engine and motor. Both these systems have a great variation in their costs. Secondly, this hybrid car uses lead acid batteries which are less expensive than nickel cadmium or nickel metal hydride batteries used in hybrid cars abroad. All these innovative ideas have lead to development of this cheap hybrid prototype that will just cost RS 3.5 lakh and pose a stiff competition in the international arena in this segment.
Mahindra’s senior vice-president in product development, Arun Jaura, said DCE’s single-seater project needs to pass a comprehensive technical and manufacturing feasibility analysis before any deal is formalized. The success of this car will depend upon the consumer demand.
In past also some prestigious institutions like IIT have developed some prototype that extends a cheap solution as compared to the products imported from other countries. These types of products will help the nation to compete in international market and boost the economy.
Via: hindustantimes
