HiGtech in TV!

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

SVT Gävleborg visited us at the workshop! The news entry was shown in the regional news and is available below:

HiGtech in media

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

Team HiGtech’s achievements have been highlighted in media in recent days and we really appreciate it!

Gefle Dagblad has talked to Jonas and written an article that you can find here:
Snålast med bränslet i hela Sverige – från Gävle

Arbetarbladet noticed our achievements in their web-TV “Arbetarbladet i dag,” where they talked to Erik and Jakob. The interview can be found here:
Gävlestudenternas bil gör 130 mil på en liter

Jakob was also interviewed in the local radio channel P4 on tuesday morning.

In addition to this, we have been recognized in the nationwide engineering magazine Ny Teknik, which of course is a milestone for all engineers. The article can be found here:
Gävlestudenternas bil snålast i Sverige

A new Swedish record – 1309,0 km/l!

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

Team HiGtech is back in Gävle from the competition at Rotterdam. Our final result was 1309,0 km/l gasoline. (Det är cirka 130 mil på en liter bensin!). We finished in sixth place in the competition of 60 competing teams in the class. The result means that team HiGtech now has the Swedish record in fuel efficiency for petrol driven vehicles. We are very satisfied!

1103,1 km/l!

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

Today we completed our first run and got a result of 1103,1 km/l! (Det är cirka 110 mil på en liter bensin!). The result is an improvement of almost 400 km/l compared to last year, and a new Swedish record on the track here at Rotterdam!

Right now we are really satisfied. We’ll have a nice afternoon with small adjustments on the car, as we are going for another race tomorrow morning.

As you can see in the pictures we are missing stickers from our sponsors. The stickers we took with us to Rotterdam didn’t work, so we take the opportunity to thank our sponsors who made this possible here instead:

University of Gävle
ÅF
Alderholmens Mekaniska
Macon
AB Karl Hedin
Bilmetro
Ahlsell
Naturkompaniet

Ready for the race!

At seventh place after the run.

Breakdown on the first race attempt

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

Hello HiGtech-fans! Today we were both on the practice session and the race. On the race we made three laps before we had a breakdown. At the moment we are tinkering in the paddock and aiming to race tomorrow again with a better result!

At the starting line.

Queuing for race.

Ready for race.

Racing.

Thursday update

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

Today, we went for practice at the track twice. Both times we had problems and couldn’t complete the first lap. The problems are now resolved and we have tested the car on a test track afterwards. We also went for Shell Eco Marathon Family Photo as they wanted our car to be one of twenty cars at the photo. Take a look at the slideshow below to see the photos together with photos from the day and the official team photo.

Practice.

Waiting for family photo.

Family photo. Photo: Shell Eco.

At the test-track.

Team photo. Photo: Shell Eco.

Technical inspection passed!

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Erik Baumgarten

We arrived to Rotterdam yesterday and the journey went well! Today we fixed a few things before heading for the technical inspection, where we passed without any issues!

Tomorrow we aim to practice at the track. Take a look at some pictures in the slideshow below!

Two days ago, Gefle Dagblad wrote about our work, to read the article, click here.