Title: Session #8 - Galway Energy Efficient Car
Duration: 1:43 minutes
Description:
Members of the Galway Energy Efficient Car Team describe their experience of creating their entry for Pitch the Future.
Session #8 - Galway Energy Efficient Car Transcript
[Background music plays]
Bright, uplifting instrumental music.
[Video footage]
Four team members on a video call, speaking parts of a sentence in sequence, against an animated background of yellow and aqua turning gears.
Team members
Hi. We are the Galway Energy Efficient Car Team.
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Split screen of all four team members smiling and waving. All are young men wearing T-shirts.
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Aqua background, with wavy dotted lines moving. Words appear in yellow and white.
[Text on screen]
Pitch the Future, decarbonizing road freight transport with Shell lubricants. Galway Energy Efficient Car Team, Ireland.
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Team member 1 appears on the screen. As he speaks, a rapid series of scenes appear. A young man and a young woman dressed for test driving approach a vehicle. A young woman stands over a desk in a workshop, bending to type on a keyboard. Pan out to show the screen she is looking at, which shows a CAD design of a car chassis. The young man and woman lift a real car chassis from a workbench. The young woman's face is shown, she is strapped into a car wearing a driving helmet. She pulls the visor down. The driver's view of the car is shown as it drives on a test track. The bonnet of the car is visible, and industrial structures are visible in the background.
Team member 1
The Galway Energy Efficient Car story began in summer of 2013, when some of our senior lecturers heard about a competition to build the most energy-efficient cars and started work on making the first Irish entry.
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Team member 2 appears on screen. As he speaks, footage from the team pitch video is shown. A three-dimensional model of an HGV is shown, which rotates on the screen. The model changes to indicate engineering ideas, showing airflow around the vehicle.
Team member 2
Our idea for Pitch the Future is to reduce the overall drag of HGVs and to improve the fuel economy of HGV vehicles.
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Team member 3 appears on screen. As he speaks, a rapid series of shots of other team members, including young men and women, shows on the screen.
Team member 3
Pitch the Future is important to us because we believe it is crucial to continue to innovate and create in order to make a better tomorrow.
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Team member 2 appears on the screen. As he speaks, footage from the team pitch video plays, showing three dimensional models of components of an HGV. A model of a human figure is shown in front of the model HGV, with geometric measurements showing the effect of adding the component to the front of the HGV.
Team member 2
The biggest challenge we faced in this competition was to create an idea which would have a significant impact on reducing carbon emissions while also having a practical, real world scalability by minimizing the effect these solutions had on the driver of the vehicle and other road users.
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What has your team learned?
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Team member 4 appears on screen. As he speaks, footage from the team pitch video plays, showing a three-dimensional model of wheel covers, which are then attached to the model HGV.
Team member 4
One thing we learned from taking part in Pitch the Future challenge was the importance of collaborating as a team, particularly when trying to complete tasks before a deadline.
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Why are you proud of your team?
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Team member 3 appears on screen. As he speaks, footage from the team pitch video plays, showing a three-dimensional model of a component, which is then attached to the model HGV, covering the gap between the cab and the trailer.
Team member 3
We are proud of team's achievements because, despite the hindrances as a result of Covid-19, we still managed to effectively communicate with each other and work together to design a pitch for the future that we are proud of.
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Three words you think best describe Pitch the Future?
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Team member 1 appears on screen. As he speaks, the screen splits to show all four team members. They smile and wave.
Team member 1
Interesting, exciting and insightful.
[Audio]
Shell jingle plays.
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Shell logo centered on a background of animated turning gears.
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