Mangaluru, May 15: Students pursuing Mechanical Engineering in Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT), Mangaluru have designed and built a prototype of a two-seater vehicle run with a motorbike engine and other parts of a bike.
Four students got together to produce a two-seater car using parts from a Bajaj Pulsar motorbike such as 150cc bike engine along with additional spare parts.
Speaking after demonstrating the vehicle at Mangaluru Press Club, Urwa here on Friday, Director of BIT Campus Dr Sainath told mediapersons that the project had been done by Mohammed Suhail, Mohammed Adil, Safwan and Samnan, in their fourth year of engineering, under the guidance of Prof Rounaq Ahmed from Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIT.
The main purpose behind the project is to produce a utility vehicle for a common man. The two-seater, complete with a car-type chassis, has a mileage of 32 kmpl and can attain a maximum speed of 80 kmph. This model is the cheapest version of all the available cars in the market – which can be produced at a cost of Rs 50,000, he said.
He informed during the press conference that the trial run was made with the car from the college campus on the outskirts of the city to Thokkottu.
One of the students informed that the manufactured car could easily carry two persons, and had a simple mechanism to drive it around. “After we came up with the idea, it took us six days to design the vehicle and around 25 days to build the working prototype. Although we initially wanted to use a hybrid engine, using a bike engine gives it more efficiency and mileage due to lightweight parts used in the vehicle,” he said.
Dr Sainath also informed mediapersons that the institution would hold its third Graduation Day ceremony on Saturday, along with the inauguration of a ‘Supersonic Aerodynamics Research Laboratory’ at the campus.
Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University Prof K Byrappa will be the chief guest and deliver the graduation day address on the occasion. Director of National Institute of Technology, Surathkal Prof Swapan Bhattacharya will inaugurate the Supersonic Aerodynamics research lab, while Chairman of Bearys Academy of Learning Syed Mohammed Beary will preside over the programme, he said.
Prof Sheikh Moideen and Prof Rounaq Ahmed were present during the press conference.
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