PROJECT M THE SHELL CONCEPT CAR KEY FACTS AND FIGURE

LUBRICANTS DEVELOPMENT

12 DIFFERENT LUBRICANTS TESTED

900 HOURS

PEOPLE WORKED ON THE PROJECT WITHIN SHELL 17

OF LUBRICANT TESTED/OPTIMISED

2,200LITRES 1,500

HOURSSPENT ANALYSING TEST RESULTS

ENGINE WAS TESTED ON THE DYNAMOMETER FOR

1,000 HOURS

MONTHSOVER8

TOTAL EXPERIENCE OF TEAM WORKING ON THE PROJECT

376 YEARS OFEXPERIENCE

THAT’S AN AVERAGE 22 YEARS EACH

22,000 LINES OF DATA CAPTURED FROM EACH ENGINE TEST BED CYCLE

12 ENGINE TEST BED TESTS COMPLETED COLLECTED AND ANALYSED

DATA POINTS2 5 m

DEVELOPMENTOF THE CAR

3D PRINTEDCOMPONENTS

OVER 130 iSTREAM STRUCTURE CHASSIS COMPONENTS

UNIQUE COMPONENT DESIGNS

PROJECTHOURS

4,800+HOURS

12,500OVER

PEOPLE WORKED ON THE PROJECT 57

TOTAL EXPERIENCE OF TEAM WORKING ON THE PROJECT

1,000OVER

1,500 YEARS OFEXPERIENCE

OVER

DIFFERENT MATERIALS USEDOVER 50

LUBRICANT DESIGN CAR DESIGN ENGINE STATS TESTING

GENERAL

14,700 HOURS

SPENT ON TESTING THE CAR 9.5

HOURS

COLLABORATORS WORKING ON THISPROJECT HAVE A TOTAL

CAR TRAVELLED OVER

DURING TESTING3000 MILES

PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR DURING TESTING

6

2,016 YEARS OFEXPERIENCE

SPENT ON THE PROJECT BY THE COLLABORATORS

COMPONENTS OPTIMISED IN THE ENGINE

PEOPLE WORKED ON THE PROJECT8

TIME SPENT ON ENGINE OPTIMISATIONS COMPARED TO A STANDARD ENGINE

17

TOTAL EXPERIENCE OF TEAM WORKING ON THE PROJECT140YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE

1,200HOURS

LIGHTEST COMPONENT(COTTER)

0.2g HEAVIEST COMPONENT(INTAKE CAMSHAFT)

977g

SMALLEST COMPONENT(THICKNESS OF MIDDLE OF COTTER)

0.97mm 295.3mm LARGEST COMPONENT(LENGTH OF INTAKE CAMSHAFT)

SPENT ON THE PROJECT

800 HOURS