Test drive Shell Eco-marathon 2007: highest efficiency
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Test drive Shell Eco-marathon 2007: highest efficiency

Test drive Shell Eco-marathon 2007: highest efficiency

Teams from Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Norway were among the winners of this year's Shell Eco Marathon. The high number of successful teams reflects the growing importance of the event, which saw a record 257 participants from 20 countries.

“The outstanding results of the participants are a real testament to the growing enthusiasm that the new generation of engineers is putting into tackling the challenges of energy efficiency and achieving a sustainable future,” said Matthew Bateson, Shell's communications manager for Europe.

Prototypes

La Joliverie team from St. Petersburg. Joseph again won the prototype race at the Shell Eco-Marathon after breaking the 3km hurdle. The French team that won the 000 of the Year race won with a gasoline internal combustion engine, maintaining their best performance on the last day of the race. Students from Joseph recorded a result of 2006 km per liter of fuel and thus managed to surpass their strongest competitors ESTACA Levallois-Perret, also from France (3039 km per liter), and the team of the Tampere University of Technology, Finland (2701 km per liter).

A team from the Ecole Polytechnique Nantes (France) achieved the best result in the hydrogen cell prototype competition. The French team managed to overcome 2797 km with the equivalent of one liter of fuel and by a very small margin overtake their German competitors Hochschule Offenburg from the University of Applied Sciences (2716 km with the equivalent of one liter of fuel) and the team of the Chemnitz University of Technology. km is equivalent to one liter of fuel). Three solar-powered prototypes successfully competed in this year's Shell Eco-Marathon, with the French team from Lycée Louis Pasquet winning the competition.

Category "Urban concepts"

The DTU Roadrunners are a two-time winner in the Urban Concepts category of the Shell Ecomarathon. The Danish University of Technology team not only won the Internal Combustion Engines class, but also won the Urban Climate Protection Concepts award. He celebrated his victory with the participants from the De Haagse Hogeschool, who won first place in the class of hydrogen elements.

Special prizes

This year's Shell European Eco-Marathon featured technical innovations and improvements in design, safety and communications. The undisputed star of the special awards ceremony was the team at Ostfold Halden University College, Norway, which competes in the Urban Concepts category. The design of the car of the Norwegian team resembles an old racing car and impressed the jury with its practicality and the real possibility of serial production of the model. The team at Ostfold University College Halden tied for first place in the SKF Design Award with Spanish IES students Alto Nolan Barredos-Asturias and came second behind the Proto 100 IUT GMP team from Toulouse in the most sustainable design award.

The Norwegian team was also honored with the Shell Communications Prize and ranked second in the Autosur Security Award for their safety compliance efforts. The winner in the Safety category of the Shell Eco-Marathon was the team of the French college Roger Claustres, Clermont-Ferrand. The Bosch Innovation Award was awarded to the team of the Polytechnic University of Milan. The Italian team impressed the jury with the design of the car's centrifugal clutch.

The social award went to AFORP Drancy, France, for organizing a variety of recreational educational initiatives, including the inspiring Eco Marathon game for all runners.

“Shell Eco-marathon 2007 really managed to showcase real cars designed and presented by student teams to show how to transfer energy, technology and innovation into the future,” added Matthew Bateson.

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