Our mission

Green Team Twente is a pioneer in sustainable mobility as we design, build and race one of the world’s most fuel-efficient hydrogen cars. We believe in hydrogen as the ultimate answer to fossil fuels depletion and the shortcomings of electric driving. No polluting gasses, only water vapour coming out of the exhaust, fast refueling and safe storage: hydrogen has it all! As one of the top student engineering teams in the world, we want to push the limits of driving on hydrogen. We show that we can reach a far distance by using a very small amount of energy (>900 km/L). Our stage to prove this will be the Shell Eco-marathon London 2019, the most prestigious student eco-race in the world.

Our car

In July 2018, Green Team Twente participated in the Shell Eco-Marathon with the Aurora One. In the spring of 2019 (2-5th of July) the Shell Eco-Marathon will take place in London, where we will participate with an even better car than last year. The gearbox, motorcontrollers and fuel cell have been specially designed for this performance, being as light and efficient as possible. This makes the total mass of the car even less than 110 kg and because of this, it is able to drive in the top of Europe.

Our team

Green Team Twente is an international, multidisciplinary team from the University of Twente, consisting of 21 dedicated students. The members of Green Team Twente are devided in subteams: Management, Communications and the technical teams, which are Mechanics, Electronics, Strategy and Hydrogen. Together with the 200 best student teams in Europe, we will compete for the title of the most fuel-efficient vehicle. Each team should finish the track in a defined time and the fuel consumed will be measured. Every year we are able to battle in the upper class of the Urban-Concept hydrogen class. This year’s challenge is to peer with the 2012 and 2017 results and come in first again.