The UGM Semar Car team (Semar UGM) will again participate in the Shell Eco-marathon Asia-Pacific and Middle East energy-efficient car competition from Jul. 2-6, 2024, at the Mandalika Circuit, West Nusa Tenggara.
The Semar team will compete against more than 80 teams from 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.
Fikri Wahyudi, the General Manager of Semar UGM, stated that the Semar team would compete in two categories: Urban Concept and Prototype vehicles.
“There are usually six categories in the competition. The Semar team will compete in two categories: Urban Hydrogen and Electric Battery Prototype,” said Wahyudi on Tuesday (Jun. 18).
Wahyudi mentioned that they had already tested the two cars at Mandala Krida to prepare for the competition.
“We are researching the motor controller. We are improving the motor control and wiring because we are learning from last year’s experiences and mistakes,” he said.
Wahyudi is optimistic that the innovations and improvements to the two energy-efficient cars they developed will help them achieve the best results and win first place in the two categories they are participating in.
In the same competition last year, the Semar Urban team won the Hydrogen Fuel category, beating the HYD12OGEN Team from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, which came in second, and the TP Eco Flash Team from Temasek Polytechnic, which took third place.
In this competition, Semar Urban achieved the best mileage of 276.4 kilometers per cubic meter. This achievement surpassed the HYD12OGEN Team from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, which achieved 238.4 kilometers per cubic meter, and the TP Eco Flash Team from Temasek Polytechnic, which reached 129.9 kilometers per cubic meter.
In addition to the urban concept category, the Semar team competes in the prototype category. This competition is aimedat very efficient lightweight vehicles, which generally have three wheels and are designed to reduce drag and maximize efficiency.
For this year’s competition, the Semar team comprises 22 students from the Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering departments of the Faculty of Engineering (FT UGM) and the Electronics and Instrumentation department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA UGM).
Author: Gusti Grehenson