Team UNIBEN consisting of a selected group of engineering students from the University of Benin, Edo state successfully participated in the Shell eco-marathon south africa in October 2014 and won a distinguishing award for best innovative vehicle design throughout africa with its made in Nigeria car called Ecocruise. Team UNIBEN has previously also broken a record when they attended the Shell eco-marathon Europe in may 2014 with its first made in Nigeria Tuketuke, making it the first team from Sub saharan africa to participate in the Shell eco-marathon. Tuketuke has innovative features like automatic windscreen wiper,button actuated gears,fingerprint access, ankara interior and fibreglass body.Both cars won all 10 technical and safety inspections that qualified them to race on the track. Winning the innovative deign award was an unprecedented breakthrough for the team and the nation in general esp as it relates to automobiles and the ever increasing demand for energy. They are currently taking yet another challenge to build two cars that will participate in another shell eco-marathon in the Netherlands next year.
Students involved include: osas omijie, Festus ibidapo, adekola adeyemi, abdulmalik tajliad, Daniel okwoka, justice Oyemike, emmanuel Ajari, eloghosa iyamu, James itoro, Jennifer orji, Anne monye, Michael olukoya,and Victor adegboye , 13 studs in total supervised by Professor akii ibhadode(production engineering)

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