http://www.auroracar.se a biobased urban concept hybrid Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Highly recommended: KTH team (race no. 340) from Sweden in the UrbanConcept category whose parallel series hybrid incorporated a powertrain similar to that of a Toyota Prius, the first time a hybrid of this engineering standard has been presented at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe. http://www.shell.com/home/content/eco-marathon-en/europe/2009/results/app_results_2009.html //Emelie Skyllermark http://www.auroracar.se/?p=674 And so the journey ends? //Emelie Skyllermark http://www.auroracar.se/?p=671 Quite a lot of blogs have written about Aurora mainly based on the article from our material sponsor Cognis. Here you can find them: http://www.cisionwire.se/ab-svenska-shell-/svenskt-rekord-i-europas-snalaste-biltavling http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/05/cognis-20090506.html http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/company-news/cognis/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=72200 http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16943 http://albertbloggen.blogspot.com/2009/05/aurora-utan-pris-i-shell-eco-marathon.html http://news-textile.blogspot.com/search?q=aurora&x=0&y=0 http://biobased.org/node/21428 http://hackedgadgets.com/2009/05/07/shell-eco-marathon-europe-2009/#more-2067 http://www.skyllermarks.se/artiklar/kth-studenter-gor-fordon-med-biokomposit In addition, Swedish Ny Teknik, wrote about the results of the competition. http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/fordon_motor/bilar/article573555.ece NT has also interviewed Frida Schildauer from Lightweight Structures http://www.nt.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?articleid=5210867 Enjoy! //Emelie Skyllermark http://www.auroracar.se/?p=664 The weather was nice büt this was another black day for team Aurora... The new HCCI engine was moünted düring the night, büt we were not able to solve an electrical problem to get it rünning in time for the last race. This is really ünfortünate since we believe that ... http://www.auroracar.se/?p=662 Ny Teknik has written a new article about us and the other swedish teams defending the Swedish honor in the Shell Eco Marathon in Lausitz. //Emelie Skyllermark http://www.auroracar.se/?p=656 After a long road trip from Stockholm to Dresden we finally arrived at Radeboule, our home for the coming week. On Tuesday afternoon we got our garage at Eurospeedway raceway and started to unload our stuff from the truck. As soon as most of the things were in place we ... http://www.auroracar.se/?p=650 It's pretty cold and rainy down here in Germany as you can see, should have taken a warmer jacket but we got coffee so I'll live. We got here Monday night and went up to EuroSpeedway Lausitz on Tuesday. It's pretty cool to be here. It fun to see the ... http://www.auroracar.se/?p=628 Now we are leaving a rainy Stockholm and heading for Germany! We have a long car ride in front of us, yawn. But the competition is waiting for us. Wish us luck! //Emelie Skyllermark http://www.auroracar.se/?p=625 The chair is manufactured based on the chair from old car Spiros, but the focus is mainly on keeping the weight down and use hemp as fabric. The chair was constructed by cutting one piece of fabric, sew the edges and fold it to make room for an aluminium frame. ... http://www.auroracar.se/?p=620 This movie shows the last stressful hours before the unveiling. //Emelie Skyllermark http://www.auroracar.se/?p=570