Student project at Machine Design drew attention during President Obama's visit
During his visit at KTH President Obama had the opportunity to both see and feel the fuel-cell car Sleipner. Students at KTH Machine Design has been involved in the development of this prototype.
The car
Sleipner
competed earlier this year in the prototype class in the
Shell Eco Marathon
, which this year was held in Dutch Rotterdam. It achieved the fine performance of 169 km / kWh, which is about 1,500 km on one (1!) Liter gasoline.
The
Sleipner
project started in autumn 2010, to replace the earlier prototype class car Agilis. Both the body and chassi of
Sleipner
is completely built from the beginning.
There is also a blog where you could follow the car's progress:
KTH Eco Cars 2013