Fontana, CA – The goal of the Shell Eco-marathon is to design and build the world’s most fuel-efficient vehicle that produces 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, biofuels, and GTL) can be used to power vehicles. The goal of the project is to consume as little fuel as possible over a set distance. Last year Mater Dei High School (Evansville, Ind.) set a new record at the Shell eco-marathon Americas when they achieved 2,843 miles per gallon
Forty-four student teams (29 universities, 6 high schools) comprised of engineering students from schools in the United States, Canada, Brazil, India, and Mexico are participating in the 2009 Shell Oil 2009 Eco-Marathon Americans.
Here are nineteen of the teams preparing their prototypes for tomorrow’s race. The teams in this video are:
First team:
Louisiana State University
Country: Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Fuel Type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: LSU Eco-Marathon Team
Vehicle Name: Ellen
Second team:
Cedarville University
Country: Cedarville, Ohio, United States
Fuel Type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: GL4
Vehicle Name: GL4
Third team:
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Ingenieria
Country: Mexico City, Mexico
Design Class: Prototype
Fuel Type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Escuderia Puma
Vehicle Name: Ahuicyani
Fourth team:
Grand Rapids Technical School
Country: Grand Rapids, Minn, United States
Design Class: Prototype
Fuel Type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: G-Rock
Vehicle Name: Fastest Indian
Fifth team:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Country: Rochester NY, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: RIT Greenvehicle Team
Vehicle Name: X1
Sixth team:
Design School/ State University of Minas Gerais
Country: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Design Class: Prototype
Fuel Type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Team Sabia
Vehicle Name: Sabia 6
Seventh team:
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Country: Terra Haute, IN, United States
Design Class: Prototype
Fuel Type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Rose-Hulman Efficient Vehicles
Vehicle Name: RHEV 74 7 RHEV 74++
Eighth team:
George M. Schurr High School
Country: Montebello, CA, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Spartans
Vehicle Name: R7
Ninth team:
Northern Arizona University
Country: Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Team SAE@NAU
Vehicle Name: Ragnarok
Tenth team:
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
Country: San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: cal poly super mileage
Vehicle Name: black widow
Eleventh team:
College of the Redwoods
Country: Eureka, CA, United States
Prototype / Diesel
Team Name: Diesel Corsair
Vehicle Name: Diesel Corsair
Twelfth team:
University of Houston College of Technology
Country: Houston, tX, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Team SAECO
Vehicle Name: Phoenix
Thirteenth team:
Los Altos High School
Country: Hacienda Heights, CA, United States
Prototype / Hydrogen
Team Name: Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Vehicle Name: Infusion 7 HICE(hydrogen internal combustion engine)
Fourteenth team:
Cicero North-Syracuse High School
Country: Cicero, NY, United States
Prototype / Hydrogen
Team Name: Performance Engineering Team
Vehicle Name: Pure Speed
Fifteenth team:
Ohio State University
Country: Columbus, OH, United States
Prototype / Solar
Team Name: OSU Solar
Vehicle Name: Red Shift Firefly 2
Sixteenth team:
University of Arizona
Country: Tucson, AZ, United States
UrbanConcept / Solar
Team Name: Arizona Solar Racing Team
Vehicle Name: SolarCat
Seventeenth team:
Louisiana Tech University
Country: Ruston, LA, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Tech EcoCar
Vehicle Name: Prototype Car
Eighteenth team:
UC Berkeley
Country: Berkeley, CA, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: Cal SMV
Vehicle Name: Care Bear
Nineteenth team:
UCLA
Country: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Prototype / Gasoline (Petrol)
Team Name: UCLA Supermileage
Vehicle Name: TearDrop
