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PAC-Car I in Nogaro 2003

Guinness World Record

PAC-Car II holds the current World Record in fuel efficiency!

Watt d'Or

The PAC-Car II Team won "The Watt d'Or 2007" Award for energy efficient mobility, by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy >>!

Energy Globe Award

PAC-Car II won the Energy Globe Award 2005, catergory "youth" >>!

PAC-Car II - The Book

The book about PAC-Car II is available now >>

Shape of PAC-Car II

The shape of PAC-Car II is now available as CAD Data >>

Would you like to learn more about modeling and optimization of advanced vehicle propulsion systems? Click here!

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PAC-Car I on the Nogaro Motor Circuit (F) on May 2003.

Results:

1st ever hydrogen fuel cell vehicle involved in a Shell Eco-marathon contest,
2nd in the alternative energy category,
we achieved an equivalent fuel consumption figure of 1701km/l.

 

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PAC-Car I during the technical inspection.
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PAC-Car I on the starting line for trial run.
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PAC-Car I is on the track!
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Nocturnal working session for Stefano and Samuel who are tuning the brakes.
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Nocturnal working session.
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The Japanese world record team Fancy Carol is visiting us...
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Michel Chevalet was quite interested by the technology used in PAC-Car I.
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Our pilot Guillaume is being interviewed.
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Some race officials taking care about PAC-Car I.
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PAC-Car I on the track, followed by TV journalists.
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PAC-Car I is 80kg and not so easy to carry... we should have a trolley!
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PAC-Car I on the starting line for its first attempt.
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PAC-Car I on the track.
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David is giving instructions to the driver.
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One lap left!
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Gilles Vanier is reading the hydrogen consumption given by the embedded flow meter.
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A first calculation allows assessing our equivalent consumption of petrol.
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Gilles Vanier is weighting our metal hydride canister, another way to measure the consumption.
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David, Stefano, Emmanuel, Gino, Alexander, Jean-Jacques, Guillaume, Samuel et Frédéric.
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Our driver Guillaume is proudly handling the first cup of the team.
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Emmanuel, Alexander, Guillaume, Stefano, Jean-Jacques, Gino, Samuel, David, Frédéric et Rodolphe.
 

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