Wannabe engineers come up with car that gives 180 kms per litre

A group of wannabe engineers in Bangalore have come up with a fuel-efficient car capable of giving an impressive mileage of 180 kilometres per litre.

Eight students of RV College of Engineering in Bangalore, who had been working on the design of the fuel-efficient car for the last two and a half years, proudly displayed their innovation at a function in Bangalore on Saturday.

The car named “Garuda”, powered by a Honda GK 100 engine, was tested for fuel efficiency on the newly build Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) road on the outskirts of Bangalore.

“During the last three days of tests, the car demonstrated a mileage of 180 kilometres per litre”, said Nishant Sarawgi, leader of the project Garuda. But, the engineering college students do not want to rest on their laurels. “We intend to increase the mileage further. Our target is to achieve a mileage of 500 kilometres per litre”, said Sarawgi.

However, the team is not just focusing on mileage. “We wanted to build a light weight car. Hence, innovations were introduced from time to time. We changed the engine, tyres, chassis and body. We kept making constant improvements to the design of the car to make it more aerodynamic”, he said.

International car designer Dilip Chabbria unveiled the prototype of the car, which is also expected to participate in the super mileage competitions, which are held annually in United States and United Kingdom. “We will make more improvements in the car by the time we participate in international events like SAE Supermileage and Shell Eco-Marathons”, Sarawgi said.