DJS Miles, D.J. Sanghvi, India
Second Place in Future Rider: A Shell Eco-marathon Challenge for Asia Pacific and the Middle East
DJS Miles is a team of enthusiastic engineers from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India.
Watch the team’s submission below.
Read the transcript
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Title: Future Rider
Duration: 1:00 minute
Namaste.
Let me introduce myself.
My name is Metis and
I am the epitome of craft.
You might wonder what my purpose is.
I make mobility comfortable,
exhilarating and sublime
for my passengers
with my ultra-modern features.
I am known for my modular design,
compact transmission system
and for providing a top notch
seamless user experience.
Good morning, sir!
Hi, Metis. Do you have any messages for me?
Yes, you have three missed
calls from your mother.
Good luck, boss.
Oh, no.
Please text her that
I'll be home by lunch time.
Okay, sir.
You also need to pick up
your colleagues today.
I almost forgot.
Please make some more room
for my colleagues then.
Sure, expanding the chassis.
Would you like to take
the wheel or shall I drive?
I am pretty tired today so please drive.
And where are we going?
Pick up my colleagues
and then head to the office.
As you say.
“We partake in the battery-electric prototype category at Shell Eco-marathon. We aspire to create a car of the future that is sustainable and leads to a greener environment for the coming generations.”
Approach to Design and Innovation
The team surveyed young people to see how they imagine their future cars and then combined these ideas. The question, "what if the car could transform according to the driver’s needs?" led to the idea of an expanding vehicle.
Approach to Creativity
The team drew inspiration from car commercials and voice activated technologies to come up with the perfect blend of both for their own electric vehicle, Metis.
Future Rider: A Shell Eco-marathon Challenge
Catch up on the first virtual competition that kickstarted the 2022 season.