ABU Students To Fly
Turtle Eco Car Built In Zaria Nigeria To Holland For
2015 Shell Eco Marathon Competition
The above eco friendly turtle car made in Zaria is
set to fly to Holland any time from now for an
upcoming event tagged Shell Eco Marathon
Competition.
As earlier reported by NaijaGists.com, the car was
built from scratch by Ahmadu Bello University
Mechanical Engineering Students .
During the unveiling of the car over the weekend,
Engineering Faculty Dean, Dr Mohammed Dauda
told reporters that the eco friendly vehicle was
made from local materials.
“All materials used for this car were sourced
locally, Though, there are things that we did not
fabricate ourselves, you will be surprised that some
of the components like the electrical, we just looked
at an old computer system and then adopted some
of the components that were useful to us, So, this is
one example of what we did, which is recycling,
otherwise, I will say 100 per cent of the things we
used were produced here in Zaria”.
“In addition to federal government’s automotive
policy, I must say that the reason we started this
(manufacturing of the car) came from Shell
Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria
Limited. They invited ABU to participate in what they
call . The car should be one that consumes little fuel
but goes long distances. This competition is held in
America, Europe and Asia and we are participating
in the European one in Netherlands in May this
year.” said Mr Dauda.
The department will soon join UNIBEN and UNILAG
to compete in the 2015 Shell Eco Marathon
Competition in Holland.
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