Shell Eco-marathon

Shell Eco-Marathon
CountryInternational
Shell Eco-marathon Americas: Sonoma, California[1]
Shell Eco-marathon Asia: Singapore
Shell Eco-marathon Europe: London, England
Inaugural season1939
Official websitewww.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/shell-ecomarathon/about.html

Shell Eco-marathon is a world-wide energy efficiency competition sponsored by Shell. Participants build automotive vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency. There are two vehicle classes within Shell Eco-marathon: Prototype and UrbanConcept. There are three energy categories within Shell Eco-marathon: battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and internal combustion engine (gasoline, ethanol, or diesel). Prizes are awarded separately for each vehicle class and energy category. The pinnacle of the competition is the Shell Eco-marathon Drivers' World Championship, where the most energy-efficient UrbanConcept vehicles compete in a race with a limited amount of energy.

Shell Eco-marathon competitions are held around the world with nine events as of 2018. The 2018 competition season includes events held in Singapore, California, Paris, London, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, India, and China. Participants are students from various academic backgrounds including university teams such as past finalists University of British Columbia,[2] Duke University,[3] University of Toronto,[4] and University of California, Los Angeles.[5]

In 2018, over 5,000 students from over 700 universities in 52 countries participated in Shell Eco-marathon. The digital reach of Shell Eco-marathon is approximately several million.

  1. ^ "For Americas participants". www.shell.com. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Competition - UBC Supermileage". www.supermileage.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  3. ^ "Duke Electric Vehicles Team Hits Hollywood - Duke Pratt School of Engineering". Pratt.Duke.edu. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ "U of T Engineering supermileage team wins Shell Eco-marathon in Detroit". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Results and awards". www.Shell.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.