The Indonesian Electric Car Competition was won by the UGM Yacaranda Team
The UGM Yacaranda Team won overall champion in the Indonesian Electric Car Competition (IECC) which took place on 6-8 November 2023 at the Bandung State Polytechnic.
This electric formula car competition was attended by 24 teams from 22 universities in Indonesia. There are two categories contested in this competition. The first race category consists of acceleration, braking, slalom, climbing power and endurance. Then, the design concept categories include construction design, technology design, innovation and business plan.
Yacaranda Team Captain, Tri Agus Anggoro, explained that Yacaranda UGM succeeded in winning the overall championship due to winning six winners from two competition categories. The achievements in the competition category were 1st place in acceleration and 1st place in climbing power achieved by the team led by Tri Agus Anggoro (SV), An'amta Shobrin (SV), Sahriar Hilmi (FMIPA), and Andreas Anggara Wibisono (SV).
Then from the design category, he won 1st place in technology design concept, 3rd place in construction design concept, 2nd place in innovation concept, and 1st place in business plan concept. This achievement was achieved by the Yacaranda team consisting of Angga Alfian Parmadi (SV) and Jeremy Christian Muwardi (SV).
"Proud to be able to defend the IECC overall champion title after the last competition was in 2019 and stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic," he said, Monday (13/11) while talking with journalists in the UGM Fortakgama room.
The Yacaranda team's victory certainly did not come easily. Preparations are carried out for months before the competition, starting from research and repeatedly facing trial and error until the targeted results are obtained.
It didn't stop there, during the race the team was also faced with rapidly changing weather. These conditions made the Yacaranda team have to think quickly to formulate a strategy for the competition.
"It was raining during the race so it was postponed until it subsided for safety reasons. The condition of the track, which is wet after rain, is of course different from when it is dry, so it really affects the car's performance. "We also racked our brains to devise a strategy so that the car could still perform optimally during the race," he explained.
In the 2023 IECC XII competition, the UGM Yacaranda Team launched an electric power formula car called Super Sekip EV 3 Evolution. This car is the fifth car created by the Yacaranda Team, which is the result of development and modification of the previous generation, thereby improving its performance when competing. The specifications made have also been adjusted to the competition regulations so that they successfully passed the scrutineering or technical inspection of the engine and car body.
Agus revealed that the Super Sekip EV 3 Evolution car is equipped with advanced features that can support the team's success in winning, including a telemetry monitoring system.
"A telemetry system was added so that the team could monitor the vehicle remotely, such as controller temperature, battery capacity, car speed, and others," he explained.
The car is also equipped with a five-point seat belt to support driver safety. Not only that, the Super Sekip EV 3 Evolution car is also equipped with an LTO (lithium) battery with a capacity of 48 Volts for energy supply which can be used for a distance of up to 22 km. Meanwhile, the drive uses a motor with 2,000 Watt power.
"This electric car has a speed of 80 km/hour and during yesterday's competition it was able to cover a distance of 30 meters in 3 seconds," he explained.
The Yacaranda Team is a student community across UGM faculties, namely from the Vocational, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences Schools which is engaged in research and development of electric cars and energy-saving cars. The existence of this community is concrete evidence of UGM's support for efforts to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially in the field of transportation technology and increasing student awareness of environmental and energy issues, especially reducing greenhouse gas emissions by creating environmentally friendly technology.