AMAZING: ABU Zaria Students Manufacture An Eco Friendly Car - Photo

The Mechanical Engineering Department of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has produced a 90 percent locally sourced eco friendly car.

Unveiling the car at the weekend, the Head of Department and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Mohammed Dauda, told journalists that it was made from materials sourced from the local community.
"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 Shell Eco Marathon Competition. 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."
The Department now plans to compete in the 2015 Shell Eco Marathon Competition with the car.
Cars designed and built by at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) participated in the 2014 edition of the competition held in Holland.

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Posted: at 17-03-2015 02:27 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

Nice one

Posted: at 17-03-2015 02:52 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

 

Posted: at 17-03-2015 03:17 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Nice one

Posted: at 17-03-2015 03:47 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Next shell go give scholarship take drain naija brains

Posted: at 17-03-2015 05:07 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

Good one,we are improving!!!

Posted: at 17-03-2015 07:38 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

not bad for a start

Posted: at 17-03-2015 08:12 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 17-03-2015 10:09 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

AN A.B.U student is ahead of u naturally,a third class in A.B.U is a first class in other schools

Posted: at 17-03-2015 11:16 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

hmmm hmmm car motor

Posted: at 18-03-2015 03:15 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming