Team LH-EST of the Lac Hong University, based in southern Dong Nai province, has won the UrbanConcept – Battery Electric sub-category of the Shell Eco-marathon Asia in Singapore.

Team LH-EST of the Lac Hong University won the UrbanConcept – Battery Electric sub-category of the Shell Eco-marathon Asia

Vice Rector of the Lac Hong University Lam Thanh Hien said on March 10 that the car of LH-EST covered a 129.3km distance on only 1kWh of electricity.

Indonesian teams gained the second, third and fourth places in this sub-category.

He said this is the fourth consecutive time a team from his university has come first at the UrbanConcept category of the Shell Eco-marathon Asia, which is also a record.

LH-Gold Energy, another team from the school, also competed in the event. Its vehicle consumed only 1 litre of biofuel to run 200km, ranking fifth in the internal combustion sub-category.

Shell Eco-marathon Asia took place in Singapore from March 8 to 11, attracting more than 100 teams from universities of many Asian countries. 

Seven teams from five universities of Vietnam participated in the competition. The two teams of the Lac Hong University attended in the sub-categories of internal combustion, battery-electric power, and hydrogen fuel cell.-VNA