The draisine at Delsbo Electric 2014. Photo: Jonas Söderström

HiGtech’s draisine is driven by an electric motor and is built to compete in Delsbo Electric. University of Gävle and HiGtech has participated in the competition for years, and the development continues!

The competition is about to run a distance of 3.36 km with the lowest possible energy consumption. The energy consumption is measured in “Wh/person-km”.

Results:

2014
4th – 2,68 Wh/personkm

2013
1st – 2,50 Wh/personkm

University of Gävle’s results before HiGtech was founded:

2012
1st – 2,40 Wh/personkm
2nd – 2,84 Wh/personkm

2011
1st – 3,86 Wh/personkm