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TUCer team is the winner of the Shell Eco Marathon Safety Award for the 3rd time in the last 6 years in the Urban Concept category! The team participated for the 9th time in the Shell Eco Marathon (SEM), which took place in London, UK, from 30th June to 3rd July 2016.  

This year's entries, from various institutions around Europe, exceeded 200, however TUCer remains the only Greek participant in the Urban Concept category. 

The team presented this year an advanced vehicle, named Spyros Louis - in order to honour the great Greek Olympic Marathon winner -  aiming to excel in a brand new and extremely demanding route. Significant improvements were made in the vehicle's chassis, which has been re-designed in order to achieve better handling and safety in race conditions. Additionally, new energy management modules targeting fuel consumption were installed together with driver's safety devices (one of the main targets of this year), new aerodynamic components, the powertrain has been massively improved and advanced car and driver status telemetry systems, with live data transferring, have been integrated to the car. 

Team's persistence in car-driver safety, together with team's organisation regarding safety, impressed the judges who commented:    

“TUC Eco-Racing won for its excellent blend of vehicle design and safety, as well as occupational safety. A lot of thought went into the structural integrity of the vehicle – their chassis had crumple zones that deform to protect the driver, while being very structurally rigid. They balanced safety, performance and design.” 

[http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/shell-ecomarathon/europe/results-and-awards.html]

More Informationa about TUC Eco Racing:

Internet: http://www.tucer.tuc.gr/el/archiki/   

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