High School Students Set New Fuel Economy Record

At 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas

Winning Mater Dei High School team

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Racketeer

"2,843.4 miles per gallon" Thats amazing! But I'm afraid a Lamborghini Countach will do much better at 4 miles per gallon. ;-)

April 14, 2008 10:35 am

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sovietmole

and they use a gas guzzling truck to pull their exihibit there...

April 14, 2008 11:17 am

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Joe_Limon

hahahahahaha. Oh man you are dense. They also use cellphones which are run by satellites launched by rockets that burned millions and millions of liters of fuel. The point of the competition is to get students interested in fuel economy rather then raw performance/power.

April 14, 2008 7:41 pm

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super_car_muscle_man

that achievement is staggering! what kind of engine did they use? i want to see technical spec! or is that classified?!

April 14, 2008 10:17 pm

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Bremen_Koenigsegg

Motor sport events based on fuel economy? Novel idea! But you'll notice many of the components in these vehicles are essentially lifted from lightweight road bikes, which brings up a good point: Anybody capable of enduring a long, cramped trip in a tiny bubble whilst wearing an extremely stuffy flame retardant suit is probably also plenty capable of riding a bicycle. I am by no means trying to undermine the significance of this competition, but rather suggest reinforcing that other incredibly versatile alternative energy source -- the human body. That is 0.0 litres per 100 km (unless you count Gatorade).

April 15, 2008 2:49 am

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Joe_Limon

haha you just gave me an interesting thought. If you do count gatorade... I doubt you could make it 2800 miles to the gallon.

April 15, 2008 1:37 pm

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Bremen_Koenigsegg

lol! Another interesting thought: If you make a car that runs on Gatorade, I think you'd be up for a prize of some kind. =)

April 15, 2008 4:34 pm

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