Indian Engineers Build 'Jugaad 13' - The 200 Kmpl Car For International Race

The term 'Jugaad' was traditionally used in India to refer to the locally made motor vehicles, used mostly in small villages as a means of low-cost transportation. Now, we only call a trick - a Jugaad if it is an improvised arrangement or work-around done for the lack of resources. Putting proper sense to their innovation, second year engineering students of KJ Somaiya College in India have developed a dolphin-shaped, single-seater car with a body of fibre glass and being inspired by the book titled 'Jugaad Innovation', they are calling it the 'Jugaad ’13'. Proudly stating that it one of the most fuel efficient cars, the students say that their vehicle offers a mileage of 200 kmpl. In an attempt to answer to the country’s fuel problem and with a focus of winning the "Shell Eco-Marathon", an international competition to be held on Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia, in July, these students have come up with this incredibly innovative mean machine.

This 40 student team from KJ Somaiya College students, lead by Tony Thomas, a student himself have been shortlisted from Maharashtra among 12 Indian teams and from 150 teams across the world. Hailing from electronic and mechanical engineering streams, these students have worked hard for last five months to put together theirs effort into technical and marketing. And the outcome has been backed by Yamaha, Nyasa and Om freights as the project's chief sponsors.

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After it rolled on the road for the first time on tuesday, the students were excited to shell out the tech specs that the car sports. The 35 cc petrol engine gives a maximum speed of 40 km/hr and this is one of the few prototypes that uses the fuel-efficient electronic fuel injection system. They have tried to make the vehicle as lightweight and aerodynamic as possible. These engineering students are confident that the car’s mileage will go up to 300kmpl in the Malaysia circuit. “If we do well, we can think of turning it into a full-scale luxury car in the competition next year, but we’re more keen on perfecting and improving on the prototype as it gives us more freedom to experiment,” Thomas said.

We wish the team behind the innovation all the best and are eager to watch more photos and videos. If any of the team members are reading this, please share the same in comments below.

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  • Anil Jain
    Anil Jain
    Current - 200kmpl, Target 300 Kmpl.
    AWESOME...

    Hats off to these guys. Need to see if cars based on this technology can ever hit Indian market.

    -CB
  • Anoop Mathew
    Anoop Mathew
    👍 Young Engineers! Looks like my Potential in Youth is merely wasted today! - True or False just got justified! Hats off!
  • Ankita Katdare
    Ankita Katdare
    Finally, NDTV News Channel has caught up with the team and published this video -

  • Anand Tamariya
    Anand Tamariya
    crazyboy
    Current - 200kmpl, Target 300 Kmpl.
    AWESOME...

    Hats off to these guys. Need to see if cars based on this technology can ever hit Indian market.

    -CB
    Would you want to buy a car with a top speed of only 40Km/hr and no passenger seat?
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    I've seen a trend among Indian student car projects - most of them focus on mileage than other factors viz. speed, design etc. While what the team has achieved is laudable, I'd like to see the team working on a higher speed car.
  • vikaskumar11233
    vikaskumar11233
    Hmm... they focus on mileage because they know India is developing nation since 65 years..
    But we are doing well no doubt.
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    vikaskumar11233
    Hmm... they focus on mileage because they know India is developing nation since 65 years..
    But we are doing well no doubt.
    Not a good situation to be in. Focusing on mileage isn't bad as such.
  • Sanoj Rajan
    Sanoj Rajan
    Kaustubh Katdare
    I've seen a trend among Indian student car projects - most of them focus on mileage than other factors viz. speed, design etc.
    These students focused on mileage, coz that's what this competition all about. Its the marathon of "ULTRA Energy Efficient" cars (karts). And about the design? Well, at students level, they have done the best they could. You can't expect them to make a Volkswagen XL1, can u?
  • Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran
    Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran
    Yes India is in its way to make a global impact.We the Indians are good in innovation but the only fact opposes our innovation is the lack of sponcers to back them to implement the project and lack of machineries.I wish some of us inn future may help the students with capable ideas.
  • Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran
    Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran
    congrats to team. jugaad 13.

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