After an exciting year hosting the 2019 Shell Eco-marathon Asia, Shell Malaysia decided to improve the Malaysian university entrant by providing more assistance to shine better in 2020. For this year Shell Malaysia is working together Malaysia Automotive Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii), to grant access for all the entrant to collaborate with four local original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Opportunity to collaborate but with a catch
[L-R] Ong Jun Ren, Soo Kim Ming and Er Zhang Khai, representing Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman as Team Genesis UTAR. 
[L-R] Soo Kim Ming and Er Zhang Khai who are representing Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman as Team Genesis UTAR, explaining their ideas and strategy to build their energy-efficient cars. 
Student team, Amirul Shafiq representing Universiti Malaysia Perlis, explaining the mechanism of their vehicle design to Suria Component Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd personnel. 
[L-R] Amirul Shafiq Siraj Bin Ja’afar, Muhammad Zaki Bin Noralbhari, Shahrul Mukmin Bin Shamsul Amri, Dr. Md Tasyrif Abdul Rahman (Senior Lecturer, School of Mechatronic Engineering), Suriah Varathan, Harris Fadzillah Bin Zainal Abidin, Muhammad Syamil Bin Azhar, Muhammad ‘Izzuddin Bin Norbashah representing Universiti Malaysia Perlis as UniMAP Auto Racing Team (UniART). 
[L-R] Pravin a/l Surendran, Low Yik Seong, Lau Zhi Shun and Benjamin Chua Liang Seang representing Multimedia University as Team MMU Grune Welt. 
[L-R] Phuah Yi Ling, Jason Wong Yuen Sung, Chen Hoe Shun, Nur Afifah Ab Wahab, Mohammed Algafri, Angus Thomson and Abid Junaid bin Shaick Dawood Zainul Abideen representing Heriot-Watt University Malaysia as Heriot-Watt Racing Team. 
Che Wan Amirulfikri bin Che Wan Junaindi from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia explaining the logistics of his team’s energy efficient car.
So the opportunity door is opened to all the Malaysian university entrants, however, there is a catch. The students are required to pitch their car ideas to the four local OEMs. Not an easy task but it will helped the students in the future to improved on their pitching and marketing skills.
The industry players who participated to collaborate with the entrants are Suria Component Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd, Sapura Engineering Sdn Bhd, Kasai Teck See Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Jasa Sarjana Sdn Bhd. A huge thanks to four local companies for giving the effort to support our home-grown talents.
So are you interested with Make the Future Live Malaysia? Make the Future Live Malaysia is Shell Eco-marathon Asia, a platform that challenges students to design and build ultra-energy-efficient cars, and then put them to test. Make the Future Live Malaysia 2020 will take place in Sepang International Circuit (SIC) from the 2nd to the 5th of June.
For more information on Make the Future Live Malaysia and Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2020, please visit: www.shell.my/makethefuture