DTU Roadrunners

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DTU Roadrunners is a student driven project at the Technical University of Denmark competing in the Shell Eco-marathon races. The team participates in one or both of the two classes at Shell Eco-Marathon Europe: the UrbanConcept class and the Prototype class with the cars Dynamo and Innovator respectively. The team consists of 20 to 30 students. Project work in the course is based on the CDIO-working form and students are thus responsible for the development, construction and operation of the vehicles.

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UrbanConcept

DTU Dynamo 14.0 at the Shell Eco-marathon France 2018 DTU Dynamo 14.0 at Shell Eco-Marathon France 2018.jpg
DTU Dynamo 14.0 at the Shell Eco-marathon France 2018

The UrbanConcept category in the Shell Eco-Marathon has the aim to create a very fuel-efficient car that looks similar to a small city car.

Results

Race Results for DTU Dynamo
Year Car Engine type Fuel km/L Pos. Track
2005Dynamo 1.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen 6711 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2006Dynamo 2.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen 8101 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2007Dynamo 3.0 Internal combustion DME 3061 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2008Dynamo 4.0 Internal combustion DME 2655 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2009Dynamo 5.0 Internal combustion DME 5891 EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2010Dynamo 6.0 Internal combustion GTL 348 [1] 1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2011 Dynamo 7.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 509 [2] 1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2012Dynamo 8.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 611.1 [3] 1Ahoy! Street circuit, Rotterdam
2013Dynamo 9.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 612.3 [4] 1Ahoy! Street circuit, Rotterdam
2014Dynamo 10.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 599 [5] 1Ahoy! Street circuit, Rotterdam
2015Dynamo 11.0/DTU Phoenix Internal combustion Ethanol 665 [6] 1Ahoy! Street circuit, Rotterdam
2016Dynamo 12.0 Internal combustion Ethanol DNF [7] - Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2017Dynamo 13.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 449.2 [8] 2 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2018Dynamo 14.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 374.2 [9] 1 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2019Dynamo 15.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 429.4 [10] 1 Mercedes-Benz World
2022Dynamo 16.0 Internal combustion Ethanol 501.73 [11] 1 TT Circuit Assen

Autonomous UrbanConcept

The Autonomous UrbanConcept challenge was launched in 2018 with multiple challenges for self-driving vehicles. DTU Dynamo became the first student-built car to complete a lap on the Shell Eco-Marathon track fully autonomously.

Results

Race Results for the Autonomous UrbanConcept
Year Car Pos. Track
2018Dynamo 14.01 [12] Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2019Dynamo 15.02 [ citation needed ]Circuit Park Berghem
2022Dynamo 16.01 [13] Circuit Paul Armagnac

Prototype

DTU Innovator at Shell Eco-Marathon 2011 DTU Innovator at EuroSpeedway Lausitz 1.jpg
DTU Innovator at Shell Eco-Marathon 2011

Results

Race Results for DTU Innovator
Year Car Engine type Fuel km/L Pos. Track
2004Spirit of Copenhagen Internal combustion DME 5835 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2005Innovator 1.0 Internal combustion DME -- Circuit Paul Armagnac
2006Innovator 1.0 Internal combustion DME DNF- Circuit Paul Armagnac
Spirit of Copenhagen Internal combustion DME 780 Rockingham Motor Speedway
2007Innovator 2.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen 16336 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2008Innovator 3.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen 23288 Circuit Paul Armagnac
2009Innovator 4.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen 35491 EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2010Innovator 4.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen DNF- EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2011Innovator 4.0 Fuel cell Hydrogen DNF- EuroSpeedway Lausitz
2016Innovator 2016 Internal combustion Gasoline 6709 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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