KUALA LUMPUR: Mercedes-Benz Malaysia and Petrosains, The Discovery Centre have teamed up to launch a two-part Virtual STEM Series - The Vision of an Electric Future and Sustainable Mobility for Tomorrow.
The programme aims to inspire secondary level and tertiary students to proactively think about responsible energy planning towards sustainable and safer living.
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia CEO and president Sagree Sardien said a sustainable future must be envisioned and ensured via responsible energy planning and development globally in a rapidly evolving world.
“The need for sustainable technological advances are now more revolutionary than ever. It will shape the course of our lives well into the future," she said.
She said Mercedes-Benz’s Ambition 2039 defines a path to sustainable mobility while pursuing the goal of a carbon neutral fleet of new vehicles from 2039 across the entire value chain.
“With the electric future rapidly approaching, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia is excited to collaborate with Petrosains to conduct the virtual STEM series through the Petrosains e-Design Thinking Process (PeDTP).
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia vice-president of sales and marketing Michael Jopp engaging with secondary school participants during the Electric Mobility for Tomorrow kickoff session.
“It is guaranteed to enlighten the younger generations about the importance of a sustainable mobility, and how we can accomplish it,” she she said.
Petrosains chief executive officer Ezarisma Azni Mohamad said: “The Virtual STEM Series aligns to the very heart of what we do at Petrosains - to inspire experiential learning in science and technology among our young people, as part of our nation-building efforts towards enabling a future workforce that can establish solutions towards better and safer living standards.
Ezarisma said advances in energy breakthroughs and Internet of Things (IoT), were among the way forward toward finding sustainable solutions to the way humans live and work in harmony with nature and its resources.
The Vision of an Electric Future programme will premier with an expert talk session on the vision of an electric future, covering future technology, efforts in combating climate change and sustainable living.
An onboarding session to Petrosains e-Design Thinking Process (PeDTP) which is specifically designed for this topic will follow.
The second part of the series, Sustainable Mobility for Tomorrow, will also entail a sharing session by a panel of experts, followed by the Petrosains e-Design Thinking Process (PeDTP) on-boarding session.
Participants will then be required to produce a lean/tangible prototype and make a pitch in the Ideas Presentation Challenge.
The Virtual STEM Series officially kicked-off on Feb 15, with a two-day Meet The Expert Session.
This will be followed by two mentoring sessions between Feb 18 and 25, to be followed by Graduation Day on March 4.
Student’s listening to Meet the Expert sharing session by Mercedes-Benz Malaysia pricing and product management Malaysia & SEA 2 general manager Christian Grimberg.
Participants will be judged on a host of criteria, including Problem Understanding, Clarity of the Proposed Solution, Validation of the Proposed Solution with Users, Validation of the Proposed Solution, Lean Prototype and Storytelling.
Three group winners will be selected from the secondary students’ category (100 participants) while five group winners will be selected from among tertiary students (50 participants).
Each winner will receive a plaque and a digital certificate.
Winners in the tertiary category will earn a six-month internship spot with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia.
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has begun ramping its local EV strategy this year with a holistic approach to drive the future of mobility in Malaysia.
All efforts will be channelled towards implementing, strengthening, and amplifying local EV readiness starting with the soon to be introduced EQ range.
Mercedes-Benz has a global Ambition 2039 to accelerate its transformation to an all-electric future,
from “Electric first to “Electric only; and towards a zero-emission future.
From 2039, only production materials that are CO2-neutral at all stages of the value chain will be allowed through the Mercedes-Benz factory gates.
