How far can you drive with the energy of one liter gasoline? In order to shed light on this question, a team from ETH Zurich took part at Shell Eco Marathon. They wanted to achieve an autonomy of 5’000 km/l. No other vehicle could go as far by now. After some trials, on June 26th 2005, the one-person vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell achieved an incredible autonomy of 5385 km/l on the Michelin Racetrack in Ladoux (F) – world record!
The team of students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering developed the entire vehicle and its drive train. They had support of three industrial partners, among them ESORO.
ESORO was responsible for the manufacturing of the 10 kg lightweight self-supporting body of the vehicle – the carbon fiber monocoque. Design support for the vehicle was given too to the students.
