Prometheus Project: A team of undergraduate and doctoral students from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens created the voluntary research team "Prometheus" seven years ago. 
This group aims to build environmentally friendly standard electric vehicles.
It has successfully participated for seven consecutive years in the annual European competition "Eco-marathon" (http://tinyurl.com/lac7kpd) for educational establishments also engaged in the manufacture of low-consumption vehicles. This competition is organized under the aegis of the EU to promote Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Saving Technologies.
The participation of the Prometheus Project team every year in the competition involves conducting original and innovative research on the field of electrification and then its implementation with the reconstruction of the research electric vehicle, "Pyrphoros". This is designed and manufactured entirely by members of the raw material group and does not include commercial parts.
Αξιοσημείωτο είναι ότι η συντριπτική πλειονότητα των ευρωπαϊκών ομάδων που συμμετέχουν στο διαγωνισμό συνθέτουν τα οχήματά τους προμηθευόμενοι έτοιμα υποσυστήματα. Έκτος από τη βελτίωση του υπάρχοντος οχήματος, στα άμεσα σχέδια της ομάδας «Προμηθέας» είναι η αξιοποίηση της τεχνογνωσίας των μελών της για την κατασκευή του υπό σχεδίαση πρωτοποριακού αυτοκινήτου πόλης που ονομάζεται “Pyrforos U”, το οποίο θα διαθέτει πολύ μικρή ενεργειακή κατανάλωση και θα μπορεί να αποτελέσει τη βάση για ένα βιομηχανικό μοντέλο που θα παράγεται στην Greece.
This action has achieved important positions in the ranking of the competitions and individual prizes in the emergence of innovative constructions as well as in the promotion of Greek culture. For example, the team was awarded 2013 between 200 participations with the "Best Team Spirit off-track award" on how the Greek culture emerged from the group as part of the race. In addition, in the 2015 contest, the Prometheus team managed to finish 10's position among fifty others in its category.
The above distinction is an admirable achievement, as these children left behind in ranking multi-budget groups.
Finally, they won the second "Safety Award" award in the same competition, amongst 200 teams for the innovative driver protection system in case of vehicle deformation.
This activity also offers valuable intake of student performances for the implementation of integrated applications and is considered a necessary constructive complement to the technical knowledge provided by the Foundation. Moreover, it is a unique opportunity to create innovative scientific research in Greece and is our only way to stay Greek scientists in our country, as it allows us to hope that we can create by remaining in Greece.
The team consists of twenty undergraduate and doctoral students, of which approximately half are renewed each year, while its resources come exclusively from sponsorships and are used for the construction of the "Pyrfrous" components as well as the travel costs of both the vehicle and the students at the venue for the competition, which will be London this year.
However, due to the current unfavorable economic situation, the continuation of this effort is becoming more and more difficult. That is why the team chose this year to ask for the support of both the Greeks of the interior as well as the Greeks abroad through a "crowdfunding" campaign in Indiegogo.com. This effort, as far as we know, is made for the first time globally by a university and even by students. The success of such an operation may give a new impetus to research and to the innovative production in Greece, while maintaining the scientific staff in the country.
This campaign started on Saturday, 21 November 2015, and will last for sixty (60) days. Interested parties will be able to visit it on the online link http://igg.me/at/prometheus.
More information can be found at σελίδα of the "Prometheus" group and at social media of our team.
Facebook group "Prometheus"
Twitter of the "Prometheus" group
