CUTTACK: IF you thought Tata Nano, the Rs 1 lakh car which promises to redefine the automobile industry not only in India but across the world, was the ultimate, Pause.
For, a group of passionate students of the Bhubananda Orissa School of Engineering (BOSE), aided by a couple of teachers, are busy giving shape to car that would come at the cost of a 150 cc motorcycle, within Rs 70,000.And, without compromising on the basics - seating five with a cumulative load of around 500 kgs, a high speed touching 70 kmph. The clincher, it would make 35 kilometres per litre of petrol.
The 17 sixth semester students of Automobile Engineering Department have already built up the fully operational chassis and successfully completed the trial runs.
The model uses single cylinder 7HP engine akin to that of an autorickshaw and is a rear wheel drive as of Tata Nano.It inculcates four-wheel independent suspension system and front-control mechanism. Changes and modifications have been made in the engine, exhaust and silencers to reduce sound and noise-levels, said senior lecturer and the brain behind the initiative A.P. Patra.
‘‘It would be out-an-out family vehicle for city-rides. And with cost as low as a motorbike, it would be within the reach of the chunk of bike-owning denizens’’, Patra added.The design and specifications were conceptualised about two years back but had not been executed due to want of funds.The present batch showed extreme interest and chipped in with contributions from their own pocket to carry it forward.
In a span of only one and half months and at Rs 17,110, they have readied the chassis.But the work on the body has been stuck as the resources have been exhausted. ‘‘The areodynamics envisage a round shaped body less than three metres to give maximum air clearance.The two-door concept adds to the design and brings down the costs. But what we need now is some funds to give the vehicle its actual shape’’, Patra said.
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