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Imagine a car that gets the equivalent of 1,900 miles to the gallon…sound impossible? Students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo made this a reality when they competed in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas challenge in Fontana, CA on April 14. Shell challenged engineering students from across the U.S. and Canada to build prototype vehicles that could travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel. Teams were made up of about eight students working together to construct vehicles that used conventional fuels, alternative fuels or energy sources such as liquid petroleum gas, biofuels, compressed natural gas, hydrogen or solar. Student team results from the 2007 event are as follows: Grand Prize: Cal Poly Team (San Luis Obispo, CA) at 1,902.7 miles per gallon Combustion Engine Group: 1st place: Cal Poly Team (San Luis Obispo, CA) at 1,902.7 miles per gallon 2nd place: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN) at 1,637.2 miles per gallon 3rd place: Mater Dei High School (Evansville, IN) at 1,596 miles per gallon Hydrogen Group: 1st place: Los Altos Academy of Engineering (Hacienda Heights, CA) at 1,038 miles per gallon For more information, including registration for the Shell Eco-marathon 2008, please visit www.shell.com/eco-marathon. NEXT STORY >> |