Top Varsity Set to Develop Made-in-Nigeria Water-Fuelled-Car

A top Nigerian Varsity, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria is set to Develop a Made-in-Nigeria Water-Fuelled-Car.

Ibrahim Dabo, the dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, says the university is working to develop a made-in-Nigeria car that will use water.

The dean made this known on Saturday in Zaria while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the commemoration of the 2023 World Engineering Day for sustainable development.

Mr. Dabo, a professor, said there were several breakthroughs in ABU, including the recent development of an electric car and a shell eco-marathon car.

He added that the faculty was working on the development of a car that would be running on water.

“The shell eco-marathon car that was developed by the university had a capacity to cover over 100 kilometers with a litre of fuel,” he said.

According to him, the shell eco-marathon car has been taken to South Africa where it performed excellently, stressing that the university is working to improve on its fuel efficiency.

“The concept for the shell eco-marathon car was a small car that takes a maximum of two people for a racing competition, not for mass transit,” he said.

He added that the electric car that was developed is also a small car that takes a maximum of four people.

He also lamented that most of the industries around most of the institutions were closed, few functional ones import skills and essential raw materials, resulting into parallel position between the academia and industries.

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