Cabaran Perodua Eco-Challenge 2012 bermula

Edisi keempat Perodua Eco-Challenge 2012 kembali dengan 13 buah institusi pengajian tinggi yang mengambil bahagian pada tahun lalu, bakal bersaing sekali lagi untuk merebut kejuaraan untuk tahun ini. Pelumbaan ini bakal diadakan pada lokasi yang sama sperti tahun sebelumnya iaitu di Melaka International Motorsport Circuit, Ayer Keroh Melaka pada 15 Julai 2012.

Tahun ini, Perodua telah menambah 2 lagi kategori iaitu Time Attack dan Juara Keseluruhan, selain kategori Rekaan dan Kejuruteraan serta kategori Jarak Paling Jauh. Para peserta perlu menaiktaraf kereta tahun lepas mereka yang berasaskan kepada model Viva 660 yang berkonsepkan buggy.

Jumlah ganjaran kepada pemenang juga telah dinakkan kepada RM91,000 dari RM77,000 tahun lalu untuk menampung 2 kategori baharu tersebut. Bagi kategori Juara Keseluruhan, mereka bakal membawa pulang RM20,000. Pemenang bagi 3 kategori iaitu Time Attack, Rekaan dan Kejuruteraan serta kategori Jarak Paling Jauh bakal membawa pulang RM10,000 setiap kategori , Naib Johan menerima RM8,000 dan Tempat Ketiga pula RM7,000. Pasukan yang berkedudukan tempat ke-4 & ke-5 dalam kategori Jarak Paling Jauh juga bakal menerima RM1,000.

New challenges for institutions participating in Perodua Eco-Challenge 2012

Kuala Lumpur, 6 March: The fourth installment of the Perodua Eco-Challenge is back with all the 13 institutions of higher learning that took part in the 2011 event competing again for honours this year. The hottest race among the participating institutions of higher learning in Malaysia will be held at the same venue Melaka International Motorsport Circuit, Ayer Keroh Melaka on 15 July 2012.

Perodua has cranked up this year’s competition by adding 2 new categories – Time Attack and Overall Champion – in addition to the Design and Engineering and Longest Distance categories as in the previous years’ races. The participating teams have to improve on their last year’s race vehicle based on the buggy concept built using a ViVA 660cc engine given last year

“We promised to make this year’s edition of the Perodua Eco-Challenge more challenging and exciting for the teams. After 3 years, I believe that most of the teams have gained a lot of experience and skills from the competition,” Perodua Managing Director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said at the handover ceremony of the development fund to the participating institutions of higher learning here today.

We have decided to include the overall winner category based on the feedback from the participating teams,” he said. The participating teams are defending champions Politeknik Ungku Omar (winner of longest distance), Universiti Tekonologi Malaysia (winner of engineering category) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang ( winner of design and participation category).

The others are Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia Spanish Institute, Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Universiti Tenaga Nasional and Universiti Industri Selangor. Also taking part are Politeknik Port Dickson, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka.

The total prize money for this year’s race has been increased to RM91,000 from RM77,000 last year to cater for the 2 new categories. For the overall winner category, they will take home RM20,000. The winner of the 3 categories, Design and Engineering, Longest Distance and Time Attack will drive away with RM10,000 each, 1^st runner up RM8,000 each and second runner-up RM7,000 each. Teams placed 4^th and 5^th in the longest distance category will receive RM1,000 each.