With so many non-polluting cars hitting the highways in the near future, I wonder what the road scenario would be like then. Cause most the pocket friendly yet eco-friendly ones won’t be able to render high-speed traveling that we are used to with the fuel-guzzling cars. But then here also we have a green answer for the eco-conscious racers too. The TU Delft’s DUT Racing team has unveiled its new sustainable race car for the DUT08 Formula Student event. The combination of an engine which runs on E-85 which is 85% bio-ethanol and a lightweight design enables the students to demonstrate that sustainability and good performance can go hand-in-hand. Since minor alterations are all that are needed for a conventional petrol engine to run on E-85, this is a big step forward in the search for alternatives to fossil fuels in the racing industry. Exclusively intended for the Formula Student competition, with four hundred universities of technology competing, the DUT Racing team is participating in this competition at the Silverstone and Hockenheim circuits. Also this competition is not all about speed and zooming but also the car’s design, manufacturing potential, ingenuity and safety are intricately looked into. Hey but what are the floral patterns doing on a racing car? Is it ‘ladies only’? [Image: Jorrit Lousberg]
