A group of students has developed a car which can cov
er an amazing 180 km in just one litre of petrol.Its called the Garuda RVCE Supermileage Car.

A team of mechanical engineering students of RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, has designed and developed an aero-dynamic extremely light weight prototype with a low power 97 cc generator engine of two horse power (HP).

The car has an air-cooled engine with molten sized recumbent rear and two front wheels weighing 600 gms each, leader of the eight-member team, Nishant Sarawgi said in Guwahati on Monday.

At a power-point presentation of the prototype vehicle ‘Project Garuda – RVCE Supermileage Car’, Sarawgi, who hails from Guwahati, said the carburetor has better-burning efficiency and higher control over air and fuel mixture.

The fuel efficiency of the car under test conditions on the NICE corridor in Bangalore demonstrated a mileage of 180 km per litre.

The 55 kg single-person car is ten feet long, 2.5 feet wide and high and has to be driven in a reclining position, he said, adding that the Project Garuda was made at a cost of Rs 5.5 lakh.

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