Cal Poly Wins First Shell Eco-marathon Americas with 1,902.7 MPG
3062 Km with only 3,78 litre fuel !!!
1902.7 miles with 1 gallon !!!
The team from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo won the first
Shell Eco-marathon Americas with a gasoline-fueled combustion
engine vehicle that delivered 1,902.7 mpg.
The Eco-marathon challenges student teams to design and build the most
fuel-efficient vehicles, which are tested in a mileage challenge. The
Eco-marathon concept started as the Shell Mileage Marathon in 1939 after a
friendly wager between employees of Shell Oil’s research laboratory in Wood
River, Illinois, as to whose car could get the better fuel mileage. Shell has
been running the current Eco-marathon for more than 20 years in the Europe and
the UK, and brought a version of the event to the US for the first time this
year.
The Eco-marathon Americas ran April 13 -14, 2007, at the California Speedway
in Fontana, California. Shell challenged the engineering students to drive
their vehicles the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel, either
conventional or alternative.
Twenty-three teams competed in the combustion engine category. Second-place
went Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN) at 1,637.2 mpg, with
third-place going to Mater Dei High School (Evansville, IN) at 1,596 miles per
gallon.
The Los Altos Academy of Engineering (Hacienda Heights, CA), the sole
hydrogen engine entrant, came it with 1,038 mpg.
The 2007 European Shell Eco-marathon event is set to take place at the Nogaro
Racing Circuit in the South of France on May 11-13, 2007. With more than 250
teams from educational institutions in 20 different countries, this year’s event
is set to be the biggest ever. The teams are not only competing to break the
European Shell Eco-marathon fuel efficiency record, but also competing for a
host of other awards in various categories—from best Urban Concept vehicle
(designed for normal road car use), to the most eco-friendly vehicle with the
lowest emissions, best technical innovation, most impressive design and most
effective communications campaign.
Shell Eco-marathon Americas: 14 April 2007
Final Results
Combustion Leader Board
Order
Team Name
Fuel
Best MPG
Total Runs
Valid Runs
1
California Polytechnic
State University(Curb Hopper)
Gasoline
1902.7
3
3
2
Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology (RHEV 74)
Gasoline
1637.2
3
3
3
Mater Dei High School (5th
Gen)
Gasoline
1596.0
2
2
4
Cedarville University
(Gold Lightning II)
Gasoline
1135.3
5
4
5
Grand Rapids Technical
School (Spirit of Columbia)
Gasoline
1082.0
4
4
6
Mater Dei High School (K3)
Gasoline
1039
2
2
7
Cedarville University
(Gold Lightning)
Gasoline
897.9
3
3
8
University of California
Los Angeles (McFly)
Gasoline
824.0
2
2
9
Cedarville University
(Slipstream)
Gasoline
732.8
1
1
10
Lamar University (LU
Racer)
Gasoline
302.7
1
1
11
UC Berkeley (Christine)
Gasoline
283.1
2
1
12
Louisiana State University
(TR-E-07)
Gasoline
282.3
3
3
13
Purdue University
(Boilermaker Betty)
Gasoline
275.9
4
4
14
University of
Massachusetts Amherst (Minuteman 1)
Gasoline
241.0
3
3
15
Northern Arizona University
(The Slug)
Gasoline
164.3
3
3
16
Penn State University (The
Lion)
Gasoline
89.5
1
1
Hydrogen Leader Board
Order
Team Name
Fuel
Best MPG
Total Runs
Valid Runs
1
Los Altos Academy of
Engineering / LPVROP (Infusion)
