SZEnergy Team News
News about the competitions, developments and achievements of the SZEnergy Team.
Latest SZEnergy Team news and race results
The team is constantly working on innovative electric vehicles and regularly participates in international competitions, where it delivers outstanding engineering performance.
08.01.2026
New Challenges for 20-year-old SZEnergy: SZE Team Enters Prototype Category
Last year marked the twentieth anniversary of the SZEnergy Team, the four-time world champion and world record-holding student competition team dedicated to developing the world’s most energy-efficient vehicle. To celebrate the occasion, a large-scale event was recently organised to recall the emblematic moments of the team’s history, while also presenting the plans for this year’s car.
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16.06.2025
Student team of SZE defends Title with World Record at Shell Eco-marathon
For the fourth consecutive year, the student team from Széchenyi István University specializing in electric vehicle development triumphed with a world record at Europe’s largest energy efficiency competition. The SZEnergy Team outperformed the most prestigious higher education institutions of the continent.
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11.06.2025
SZEnergy Team: preparing for another title defence – Student Electric Vehicle Team of SZE
The student racing team of Széchenyi István University, the SZEnergy Team, has won Europe’s largest energy efficiency competition three times in a row in recent years, each time setting a world record. The young engineers, now aiming for another triumph, recently unveiled this year’s competitor, with which they will compete this week in a challenge taking place in Poland.
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Shell Eco-marathon and SZEnergy Team developments
The Shell Eco-marathon is one of the world's most well-known energy efficiency competitions, where university teams compete with innovative vehicles.
The event focuses on electric vehicle development, engineering optimization, and minimizing consumption.
The SZEnergy Team regularly participates in international competitions, where it represents Széchenyi István University with prototypes of its own design.
29.05.2024
Hungary sets world record for the third time at Europe’s largest energy efficiency competition
The SZEnergy Team, a team of students developing an electric vehicle at Széchenyi István University, has once again taken first place in Europe’s largest energy efficiency competition in the category of self-driving and electrically powered city cars. In the latter, they won first place, breaking their own world record for the second time.
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