Devrim II

Devrim II (Hybrid)

Production	2010
Engine	Gasoline Hybrid
Length	1600 mm
Curb weight	160 Kg

The Devrim II is the first ever Hybrid Car of Pakistan, designed and fabricated by students of NUST using local resources, in 2010. A group of Eleven Engineering students from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechatronics Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering , named as Pak-Wheelers, from E&ME College of NUST participated in the Shell Eco-marathon Asia in July 2010 with their Hybrid Car.^[1]

Notable Features

Some of the notable things about Devrim II are:^{[citation needed]}

• Electric gasoline series hybrid vehicle
• Regenerative braking system
• EFI and VEMS
• Efficient Driving assistance module EDAM
• Independent 4 wheel suspension system
• Steerable lights
• Hydraulic disk brakes
• Carbon fiber body
• Aerodynamic design and light weight chassis

Background and History

Its name was derived from Devrim, literally means Revolution, an inspiration from the first ever automobile designed and produced in Turkey. The group came up with the idea of developing a hybrid car when they had to participate in the famous Shell Eco-Marathon. Inspired with the Turkish Devrim, they wanted to follow in the footsteps of other universities participating in previous Shell Eco Marathons and uphold the Pakistani flag on an international forum.^[2] This idea was promoted by National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan under supervision of Associate Professor Ikhlaq Khattak of College of EME at NUST. Second hybrid car for Shell Eco Marathon 2011 is under construction to win it again.^{[citation needed]} The initial calculations of team Pak-Wheelers has shown that the capability of the car goes far beyond the yet achieved mileage^{[citation needed]}, which has occurred due to lack of proper manufacturing facilities locally available.^{[citation needed]} In an interview the current team leader of Pak-Wheelers Faizan Zafar is reported to have said: ^[3]

"Initial design was giving a mileage of around 450 kilometres to a litre but we are trying to improve that number to more than 700 km/litre after switching to a hybrid model."

—Faizan Zafar, Tribune Interview

See also

• Honda Insight
• Toyota Prius

References

1. ^ NUST Students Design Pakistan’s First-ever Hybrid Car
2. ^ News and Views of HEC : pg. 08
3. ^ Bilal Iqbal (2010-04-26). "NUST students design country’s first-ever hybrid car". Tribune. http://tribune.com.pk/story/9131/nust-students-design-countrys-first-ever-hybrid-car/. Retrieved 2011-02-01.