Cars of the Future

‘Cars of the Future’ is a STEM related project run by Mr Davies exploring what cars are going to be like in the future and how they will be more eco-friendly. The group aims to design their own car, in terms of what they think future cars will look like, and to develop their knowledge of the technology involved. They will also be thinking about how cars at the moment can be improved and what they can take from those cars and put into their own design.

On the 18^th of June, the ‘Car of the Future’ students and teachers went to visit the Renault Retail Group in Romford, East London, as part of their project. Students participated in this trip to find out more about what is in store for cars for the future.

As the students arrived, the managers of the Renault team gave them a tour of different areas of the centre which included the workshop, the showroom and the office. Later on, the group went into a conference room and were shown a presentation on what Renault plans to do with cars of the future. Renault has designed a brand called Eco2 which stands for ‘Economical and Ecological’. This hopefully helps achieve their aim which is to make cars that produce fewer emissions, less pollution and that are cheap. They presented different prototypes of what their cars of the future would look like, how they would be used and just how much of a difference they would make. The cars were beyond people’s imaginations. Mr Bhatt, Science teacher at Mulberry, stated, “They are like cars from Mars.”

The girls got involved with an activity called ‘Guess the part of the car’. They started getting more and more competitive as they knew there was a prize involved. Lucky Tahmina from 9RA won and got Renault merchandise as her prize. She stated, “I am happy about winning the prizes.” The trip was a very knowledgeable experience about electric powered cars and the girls learnt a lot about what cars they might be driving in the near future. Reshma from 8E said, “It was fun, we learnt a lot, and this experience will help us while designing our own eco-friendly car.” This trip also benefitted the teachers as they learnt new and interesting things along with the students. Ms Rahman, Science teacher at Mulberry said, “It was very informative in terms of electric cars and the future.”

Shahnia, Thasneem and Bushra, 9L