Shell Eco marathon Americas® United States

The principle of the Shell Eco-marathon® is simple: to design and build the worlds most fuel-efficient vehicle - and produce the fewest emissions.

Teams can enter two main categories: * Futuristic prototypes - which are streamlined vehicles where the primary design consideration is reducing drag and maximizing efficiency * Urban Concept vehicles - which are built to more conventional 4-wheel roadworthy criteria (new to the Americas event in 2009)

Either conventional fuels (such as diesel, gasoline and LPG), or alternative fuels (such as solar, electric, hydrogen, bio-fuels and GTL) can be used to power vehicles.

The goal of the project is not to break speed records or be the first to finish; it is to consume as little fuel as possible over a set distance.

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Education

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• shell
• fuel
• emission
• clean technology