This Team From Three Universities In Indonesia Wins All Titles In The Urban Concept Category SEM 2023

APtte62 Brawijaya Team 1 won the Urban Concept Battery Electric Shell Eco-Pacific Marathon and Middle East 2023, Saturday (8/7/2023. (Doc. ANTARA/Zaro Ezza Syachniar)

The Mandalika Circuit held the Regional edition of the Shell Eco-montal 2023 Asia Pacific and the Middle East on July 4-9. Amazingly, a team from three universities in Indonesia won all titles in the Urban Concept category, namely Internal Combustion Engine, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, and Battery Electric.

The three universities in Indonesia are ITS Team Sapuangin from the Sepember Tenth Institute of Technology (Internal Combustion Engine), Semar Urban UGM from Gadjah Mada University (Hydrogen Fuel Cell), and APate 62 Brawijaya Team 1 from Universitas Brawijaya (Battery Electric) wiped out all the title subcategories of Urban Concept.

Of the nine podiums, Indonesia dominates with only one country, Singapore secures two podiums of rank two and three respectively in the Hydrogen Fuel Cell subcategory, namely HYD120GEN from Nanyang Technological University and TP ECO FLASH from Temasek Polytechnic.

ITS Team Sapuangin recorded a time of 422.9 km/l in the Internal Combustion Engine category. The achievement of this team from Surabaya is much better than last year's achievement in the same category, namely 270.3 km/l.

In the Hydrogen Fuel Cell subcategory, Semar Urban UGM achieved a record figure of 276.4 km per cubic meter. A separate achievement for the Yogyakarta team because twice as good as the same subcategory champion last year, namely TP ECO FLASH from Temasek Polytechnic Singapore with 137.0 km per meter, as well as being the first Indonesian team to win the subcategory.

Furthermore, in the Battery Electric subcategory, the Apache62 Brawijaya Team 1 team recorded a time of 182.6 km/kWh, the best of the previous year's score was 112.4 km/kWh which at that time was in second place.

The three managers of each team expressed their gratitude after making Indonesia proud in the energy-efficient creativity event between international students.

"Alhamdulillah, for today's results. We have finished this competition quite well and smoothly. Thank God we won. We feel satisfied and proud", said Team Manager of APATtte62 Brawijaya Team 1 Muhammad Dilan Linoval when met by reporters after the announcement of the victory, Saturday.

"From me, I am certainly very happy because this is the first time to advance for hydrogen and immediately get good results, this is another race for us", said Semar Urban UGM Manager Eblin Alle.

"Alhamdulillah, we managed to become number one at the end of this efficient event", said ITS Manager Team Sapuangin Bayu Irfansyah Putra, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, July 8.

Ranks one, two, three in each category will compete in the Regional Championship which will be held on Sunday July 8.

Of the nine teams that appear, four of the best teams will be searched for to be invited back to compete against teams that also qualify from America and Europe in the global World Championships final at Shell Technology Center, in Bangalore, India, on October 10-12.

In addition to the Urban Concept category that the winner has obtained, SEM 2023 has also contested the Prototype category which will still roll until Sunday July 9.

Here are the results of the 2023 SEM championship category Urban Concept:

Internal Combustion Engine1. ITS Team Sapuangin - Institute of Technology Ten November (422.9 km/l)2. Garuda UNY ECO TEAM 1 - Yogyakarta State University (388.1 km/l)3. Antawirya - Diponegoro University (286.3 km/l)

Hydrogen Fuel Cell1. Semar Urban UGM - Gadjah Mada University (276.4 km per cubic meter)2. HYD120GEN - Nanyang Technological University (238.3 km/m3)3. TP ECO FLASH - Temasek Polytechnic (129.9 km per cubic)

Battery Electric1. APATtte62 Brawijaya Team 1 - Universitas Brawijaya (182.6 km/kWh)2. ARJUNA UI TEAM - University of Indonesia (171.6 km/kWh)3. TITEN UNEJ TEAM - Universitas Jember (115 km/kWh)