Teams from four leading universities in Indonesia, ITS, UI, ITB and UGM competed at the event, held at the Sepang F1 Circuit from July 8-10. The teams had been given a rousing send off by The President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who hosted the teams during the National Education Day celebration at the State Palace before they left for the competition.
They did not disappoint. Indonesian teams returned home with proud achievements including winning the first, second and third prize in the Urban Concept Combustion category, first prize in the Gasoline Fuel Award, first prize in the People’s Choice Award and finalists in the Auto-Desk Design award.
Darwin Silalahi, President Director and Country Chairman PT Shell Indonesia, said,“We are proud and elated that the student Indonesian teams were able to shine at such a competitive event at an international level. The record breaking fuel-efficiency in the Urban Concept Combustion category by Sapu Angin 2 from ITS is notably a remarkable achievement, as it their first experience in building a vehicle and to compete in SEM.”
The Sapu Angin 2 team from ITS achieved 237.6 kilometres per litre , to take home the first prize in the Urban Concept Combustion category, which breaks the record set at Shell Eco-marathon Americas this year (185.87 km/l). The Sapu Angin 2 team also took home the Urban Gasoline Fuel Award.