February 01, 2010 08:00 AM EST - THE WOODLANDS

UH Team Element1 at Houston Auto Show

At the Houston Auto Show this weekend, engineering students of Team Element1 presented their prototype hydrogen vehicle to hundreds of visitors.

HARC joined this University of Houston’s College of Technology innovative project as part of its support for hydrogen education in Texas.

The four seniors who designed and built the vehicle are awaiting delivery of the fuel cell which will use hydrogen to produce electricity for the vehicle’s electric powertrain.

Team1 is competing in the Shell Eco Marathon, which concludes with races in downtown Houston on March 26-28, 2010 at Discovery Green.

The winners will be the vehicles that are the most efficient in completing the performance requirements.  More than 30 teams will be come to Houston for this international competition.

Team Element1 hopes that their 3,900 miles per gallon vehicle will be among the top entries.

Team Element1: http://www.teamelement1.weebly.com

For pictures and videost: http://teamelement1.weebly.com/construction.html

UH College of Technology: http://www.tech.uh.edu/

Shell EcoMarathon: http://www.shell.com/home/content/ecomarathon/

HARC Hydrogen 101: http://h2101.harc.edu

Other website info:

Videos of competition:�http://www.badertv.com/Eco-marathon/

Shell news release on Houston competition: http://www.badertv.com/Eco-marathon/

 

A young Houston Auto Show visitor test drives the UH College of Technology prototype fuel cell vehicle that will compete in the Shell Eco Marathon.  This is the frame only and the final product will have an aerodynamic racing shell.

David Bockoven, one of the four members of Team Element 1 at the UH College of Technology, explains the competition and vehicle design to a few of the hundreds of visitors who stopped to learn about the vehicles and the College.