The team "MMU Grüne Welt" had represented Multimedia University (MMU) Melaka campus to compete in the Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2011 competition which was held at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia from 6th - 9th of July 2011. The team joined the prototype concept and was powered by gasoline. Although the team wasn't the winner of the competition, but they had did a pretty good job.
The team consist of 9 supervisors (lecturers) and 20 engineering students. The name "MMU Grüne Welt" is inspired by one of the supervisors who are Dr. Dirk Rilling. "Grüne Welt" is a German phrase and it is known as "Green World" in English. The team believes that this name suits the objective of the competition which is creating a better world through the efforts to minimize the fuel usage in vehicles with the engineering knowledge acquired in studies. The team had fabricated a vehicle which is cost efficient and energy efficient. It is proud to said that MMU Grüne Welt is the only team which use bamboo (rotan) in the vehicle. The name of the vehicle is "Eco-V"and it just simply means Eco-vehicle.
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