Currently involved in the Shell Eco Marathon competition representing CUC Racing.

 

The Shell Eco Marsthon is a global competition that challenges students to push the boundaries in vehicle energy efficiency and provides an arena for students to test the vehicles they have designed and manufactured.

 

Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) Racing is a collaboration between Exeter University’s Renewable Energy department and Falmouth University’s BA Sustainable Product Design course to design, build and race a hydrogen powered car at the Shell Eco Marathon, Rotterdam.

 

This year’s vehicle is named Spyrys, after the Cornish word for spirit and builds upon last year’s knowledge, featuring an aluminium chassis with an outer shell made from sustainable composite material. This will be driven by a lighter PEM hydrogen fuel cell stack with upgraded electronics, combined with lower rolling resistance to achieve a far greater efficiency.

 

We understand that sustainability is wider than just fuel efficiency and our holistic approach is in stark contrast to many of our competitors. This will include thorough Lifecycle Analysis of material and process choices to solve this design and engineering challenge with a high performance, but inherently sustainable solution.

 

Check out our website http://www.cuc-racing.co.uk/

If you want to follow updates on the project please follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/CUC_Racing?lang=en-gb

Design Team - Callum Corbett, Robert Dooley, Rob Garraway and Jack Lindsey

Electrics Team - Colm Garland, George Brooke, Charlie Mitchell and Owen Smith

Mechanicas Team- Dave Trudgeon, Steve Gomm, Wendy Matthews and Sam Moreton