Shell Announces Return of the Shell Eco-Marathon to Malaysia in its 10th Year
This 2019, the Shell
Eco-marathon Asia returns to Malaysia to where it was first held in 2010. This
was announced last February 11 by Shell as part of its global Make
the Future Live programme. The Asia competition revisit the Sepang
International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur to celebrate its 10th year
of challenging bright young student minds to design and build
ultra-energy-efficient cars, and then takes them out on the track for competition.
From April 29 to May 2
over 100 teams from all over Asia and the Middle East will test their
self-built energy-efficient cars in the Shell Eco-marathon Mileage Challenge,
to see who can go the farthest using the least amount of energy. In 2018
Singapore hosted the event, where the winning team was efficient enough to
travel 2,341 kilometres – about the distance from Malaysia to Yangon, Myanmar –
on just one litre of fuel!
“Shell Malaysia is
proud to host the 10th Shell Eco-marathon Asia at our home ground. It is an
inspiring event that supports Shell’s vision of sustainable mobility - more
energy efficient vehicles and cleaner road transport. It’s really impressive to
see student teams pitting their skills against their cohorts from different
countries to see who can design and build the most fuel-efficient vehicle,”
explained Iain Lo, Chairman of Shell Malaysia.
“Shell has been in
Malaysia for over 125 years, and we will continue to power Malaysia’s future
with cleaner, innovative and competitive energy solutions, some of which will
be showcased at the event,” he further added.
Student teams will
also have the opportunity to qualify for the Shell Eco-marathon Drivers’
World Championship. Introduced to the Shell Eco-marathon
programme in 2016, Drivers’ World Championship challenges the best
UrbanConcept teams to combine the proven energy efficiency of their car with
the speed and skill of their driver, in a race to see who can cross the finish
line first on the least amount of fuel. Qualified teams will go to London for a
chance to compete with teams from Europe and the Americas. In 2018, ITS Team 2
from Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya was crowned the
ultimate global winner of the Drivers’ World Championship, the second Asian
team to win in the three years the competition has been running.
The Philippines will
again participate in the 2019 Shell Eco-marathon Asia, with a contingent of 16
futuristic cars from 14 universities from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao competing
to be the most energy efficient.
The Philippine team,
which has the second biggest contingent after Indonesia’s 29 teams, are
composed of student teams mostly from the college of Engineering representing
their schools - Adamson University, Ateneo de Davao University, Ateneo de
Manila University, De La Salle Dasmarinas, De La Salle University-Manila, Mapua
University,Institute of
Technology, National University, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Polytechnic
University of the Philippines – Manila, University of Mindanao, University Of
Perpetual Help System-Dalta, University of San Carlos, University of Santo
Tomas, and University of the Philippines – Diliman.
”Every year, we see an
increasing standard of performance, as well as team spirit and passion, among
the student participants at Shell Eco-marathon Asia. The Sepang International
Circuit in Malaysia is the perfect venue to witness new innovations in vehicle
design come to life. We look forward to another exciting year at Shell
Eco-marathon Asia,” said Shanna Simmons, Shell Eco-marathon Global Technical
Director
For more information on Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2019, please
visit: https://www.shell.com/make-the-future/shell-ecomarathon/asia.html
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