The Shell Eco-marathon is one of the most significant energy efficiency competitions in the world, where students from leading universities compete with their self-developed, low-consumption vehicles. The Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University team, SZEnergy Team, has long been a key player in the event: since 2022, they have won every year in the electric category with a world record, and thus arrived at this year\u2019s competition\u2014held in Poland between 24 and 28 June\u2014as defending champions, once again finishing ahead of all rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, the team set a new world record with a result of 332 kilometres per kilowatt-hour, exceeding their previous record of 327 kilometres per kilowatt-hour set last year. This means that their vehicle, named SZEmission, completed the designated distance with such low energy consumption that, when calculated, it would be capable of travelling 332 kilometres using just a single kilowatt-hour\u2014equivalent to approximately ten hours of consumption by a 100-watt light bulb. The value of the victory is further enhanced by the fact that the SZEnergy Team defeated more than twenty competitors, including teams from Europe\u2019s leading technical universities, such as the University of Toulouse (France), Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Hochschule Trier (Germany), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the National Technical University of Athens (Greece), Istanbul Technical University (Turkey), and Warsaw University of Technology (Poland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team members rightly celebrated their latest victory (Photo: Bal\u00e1zs Mikl\u00f3s)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bence Nov\u00e1k, team leader of SZEnergy, explained that this year the competition was organised in a shorter format, so they had to begin directly with a competitive run without the opportunity for practice. \u201cAlready in our first run we achieved a result of 282 kilometres per kilowatt-hour, which, as it later turned out, would have been sufficient for victory on its own. However, we saw there was much more potential in the car, so we continuously fine-tuned the settings and tested the systems. On the final day everything came together, allowing us to reach 332 kilometres per kilowatt-hour. We are extremely proud of the new world record and our victory,\u201d<\/em> he recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Efforts continued between runs to achieve the best possible performance (Photo: Bal\u00e1zs Mikl\u00f3s)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The outstanding result is supported by the practice-oriented approach of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University and its innovation-driven environment. For many years, the SZEnergy Team has enjoyed the support of the institution, its Vehicle Industry Research Centre, and its industrial partners, enabling increasingly professional working conditions. As a result, students improve their vehicle year by year while gaining knowledge and experience that place them among the very best on an international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All participants also had to contend with intense heat during the competition (Photo: Bal\u00e1zs Mikl\u00f3s)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nov\u00e1k added that this year\u2019s preparations focused primarily on software developments, which\u2014along with safety-related modifications\u2014contributed significantly to achieving the new record. He concluded by thanking the university, partners, sponsors, and all team members for their year-long efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The SZEmission vehicle on its way to another world record (Photo: Bal\u00e1zs Mikl\u00f3s)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The official final results of the competition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Created: 2026.07.02. 10:47 For the fifth consecutive time, the student team developing an electric vehicle at Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University has triumphed in Europe\u2019s largest energy efficiency competition. The SZEnergy Team …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":10221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alumni.sze.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Kep1-1-1-1024x683.jpg\")
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