Horizon Fuel Cell Powers Gadjah Mada University Shell Eco-marathon Team to Victory at 2024 Asia and The Middle East Competitions
A Shell Eco-marathon Team from Indonesia has once again achieved significant success at the prestigious Shell Eco-marathon Asia-Pacific and The Middle East 2024. Held from July 2nd to 6th, 2024, the Universitas Gadjah Mada team won two championship titles using a Horizon Fuel Cell provided by Fuel Cell Shop.
The Shell Eco-marathon is a global competition for energy-efficient vehicles designed by students to promote sustainable transportation solutions. This year, more than 75 teams from 14 countries, including Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, India, China, Malaysia, and Qatar, competed at the International Pertamina Mandalika Circuit in NTB, enhancing the competition's intensity and excitement.
In the Prototype Battery Electric category, the Semar UGM team showcased their expertise with an impressive efficiency of 903 km/kWh, securing the silver medal. Semar UGM also participated in the Urban Concept Hydrogen Fuel Cell category as the sole representative from Indonesia. Their remarkable achievement—an efficiency score of 178 km/m³, secured them first place, surpassing competitors from universities across the continent, including KUST (South Korea), LH-EV (Vietnam), and UiTM (Malaysia).
In addition to that, Sear UGM also achieved first place on the off-track awards, data and telemetry system and managed to secure third place in the regional championship. These achievements will not be the end of Semar’s journey, in fact, it will be a new beginning to achieve higher heights, especially next year where Semar plans to attend the Shell Eco-marathon Asia Pacific and the Middle East at Qatar.
This victory is the culmination of the Semar UGM team's year-long hard work and meticulous preparation. Through good teamwork, they managed to overcome various challenges and became one of the top teams representing Asia in the Shell Eco-marathon competition.
"You need to rely on your teammate in order to win," said Arkan Febian, the Manager of Urban Hydroz 1.1, conveying his satisfaction towards his team’s fabulous performance.
The team's success was driven by solid teamwork and a strong commitment to excellence that drives innovation and propels Indonesia toward a greener future. The collaboration among team members, supported by Universitas Gadjah Mada, sponsors such as Bronkhorst and 18 other partners, was crucial to their achievement.
Fikri Wahyudi, the Team Leader of Semar UGM, expressed his delight, stating, "You don’t need to worry, hard times will pass, all you need is to work your best to focus on your team."
The Semar UGM team were using Horizon’s H-1000XP for the second time in the competition. The Horizon’s H-1000XP is known for maximizing the opportunity for podium placement while achieving a very high efficiency, capable of reaching an efficiency upwards of 59%.