UNILAG Takes Third In Car Race
UNILAG COMES OUT ON TOP: TAKES THIRD
A while ago, we announced that The University of Lagos community developed a racing car. Well this car has proved it uniqueness by beating many competitors at a global automobile competition. Known as Autonov II, the racing car is a brainchild of staff and students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and has competed for, and gained fame on the global automobile stage.
Fuel-efficient and electronically-powered, the design, fabrication and running of Autonov II had been funded solely by Shell Petroleum Plc. The racing car had participated alongside automobile inventions from other 203 tertiary institutions across the world at a car racing competition in the Netherlands, emerging the third best overall.
Twenty students and lecturers of the school were said to have done the bulk of the work on Autonov II. From the Department of Mechanical Engineering to those of Creative Arts, Physics, Mass Communication, Electrical/Electronic and Architecture, the students were assembled and after a two-month intensive exercise, Autonov II was developed.
UNILAG was not the only Nigerian tertiary institution that made it to the racing competition. University of Benin (UNIBEN) also did. But while the UNIBEN invention could not make it to the track, UNILAG's Autonov II did. And out of the 203 schools that competed, UNILAG was the only one from Africa, aside the two others that came from Morocco.
Based on this feat at the Netherlands, the UNILAG has been invited to participate in a similar competition coming up in Cape Town, South Africa in October. The school expects to have developed another car before then for the competition.
In his remark, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Rahamon Bello, who was visibly happy over the achievement, attributed the feat to what he called quality education the institution is giving out to its students.
According to him, there were many universities in Europe and America that could not get to the track but our university gallantly performed on the track and this shows that UNILAG has been put on the world map.
About Carmudi
Carmudi Nigeria is an online automobile market place that allows car dealers and individuals buy and sell cars. Carmudi Nigeria presently has over 30,000 automobile listings and has a mobile app on android and iOS platforms.
Carmudi was founded in 2013 and is currently available in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Congo, Tanzania and Vietnam. The vehicle marketplace offers buyers, sellers and car dealers the ideal platform to find cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles online.
A while ago, we announced that The University of Lagos community developed a racing car. Well this car has proved it uniqueness by beating many competitors at a global automobile competition. Known as Autonov II, the racing car is a brainchild of staff and students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and has competed for, and gained fame on the global automobile stage.
Fuel-efficient and electronically-powered, the design, fabrication and running of Autonov II had been funded solely by Shell Petroleum Plc. The racing car had participated alongside automobile inventions from other 203 tertiary institutions across the world at a car racing competition in the Netherlands, emerging the third best overall.
Twenty students and lecturers of the school were said to have done the bulk of the work on Autonov II. From the Department of Mechanical Engineering to those of Creative Arts, Physics, Mass Communication, Electrical/Electronic and Architecture, the students were assembled and after a two-month intensive exercise, Autonov II was developed.
UNILAG was not the only Nigerian tertiary institution that made it to the racing competition. University of Benin (UNIBEN) also did. But while the UNIBEN invention could not make it to the track, UNILAG's Autonov II did. And out of the 203 schools that competed, UNILAG was the only one from Africa, aside the two others that came from Morocco.
Based on this feat at the Netherlands, the UNILAG has been invited to participate in a similar competition coming up in Cape Town, South Africa in October. The school expects to have developed another car before then for the competition.
In his remark, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Rahamon Bello, who was visibly happy over the achievement, attributed the feat to what he called quality education the institution is giving out to its students.
According to him, there were many universities in Europe and America that could not get to the track but our university gallantly performed on the track and this shows that UNILAG has been put on the world map.
About Carmudi
Carmudi Nigeria is an online automobile market place that allows car dealers and individuals buy and sell cars. Carmudi Nigeria presently has over 30,000 automobile listings and has a mobile app on android and iOS platforms.
Carmudi was founded in 2013 and is currently available in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Congo, Tanzania and Vietnam. The vehicle marketplace offers buyers, sellers and car dealers the ideal platform to find cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles online.
