The Shell Eco Marathon America 2009 is going on right now in Fontana, California and let’s students from across the nation compete with very high MPG cars. In 2008, the winning car was from Europe and it was able to squeeze out 7,955mpgs. This year, some high school students are racing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles • Read More »
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Shell Eco Marathon Won by High School Fuel Cell Vehicle
May 18, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Shell Eco Marathon Won by High School Fuel Cell Vehicle | Filed in: Hydrogen Education.This year’s Shell Eco Marathon was held April 14, 2007 at the California Speedway in Fontana, CA and was open to 20 colleges and 3 high schools. Leave it to a bunch of high schoolers to win the hydrogen fuel cell competition as Los Altos Academy of Engineering (LAAE) did just that with their vehicle • Read More »
Aston University Develops Unique H2 Car for Shell Eco-Marathon
July 16, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Aston University Develops Unique H2 Car for Shell Eco-Marathon | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.The Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2013 has been called off because of inclement weather. But, be that as it may, the development of student-built hydrogen cars continues. One notable hydrogen car (pictured above) is the one built by the estudiantes at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. Besides developing a new fuel cell for the car, the • Read More »
Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team Readies for Shell Eco-Marathon
March 20, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.The 2012 Shell Eco-Marathon will take place this year in Houston, TX from March 29 – April 1, 2012 – and this is no joke. This year the Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team will compete in one of the races with their third generation TigerGen III. The MU team has chosen to compete in the UrbanConcept • Read More »
Shell Ecomarathon Asia Won by Horizon Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car
July 25, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.I’ve talked about the Shell Ecomarathon many times in the past both in the USA and aboard especially in relation to hydrogen cars. In the Shell Ecomarathon Asia that took place this year from July 6 – 9 a couple of universities in Singapore using Horizon hydrogen fuel cells, won the races in their categories. • Read More »
Hydrogen Car Wins Asia Shell EcoMarathon
September 2, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Students and faculty from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) won the 2010 Asia Shell EcoMarathon with a hydrogen fuel cell car. The car was able to attain approximately 1,400 miles per gallon equivalent to capture the $1,000 USD prize. I’ve talked about the Shell EcoMarathon several times in the past and have been to one • Read More »
ETH Zurich PAC-Car II Still Holds Guinness Book Record
June 23, 2006 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ETH Zurich PAC-Car II Still Holds Guinness Book Record | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Last year, on June 26, 2005 the ETH Zurich PAC-Car II , a hydrogen fuel cell car, blazed a new Guinness Book world record for fuel efficiency by achieving an amazing 15,212 mpg. This feat was accomplished at the Shell Eco-Marathon in Ladoux, France during the Michelin challenge. The Swiss PAC-Car II broke its previous • Read More »
2008 – 2009
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Hydrogen Fuel Cars 2008 – 2009 The year 2008 featured several hydrogen concept cars shown only at the auto shows, one custom-build hydrogen ICE vehicle and two fuel cell cars open to consumers on a limited basis for testing. The year 2008 premiered both GM’s Project Driveway and the Honda FCX Clarity lease vehicle. The • Read More »
Los Altos Academy of Engineering HS Students Create HICE Vehicle
April 22, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Los Altos Academy of Engineering HS Students Create HICE Vehicle | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.It’s Earth Day … Again. Sometimes I feel like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Dog” (since the other Earth Day was celebrated on March 20 this year). Well, get up all you woodchuck chuckers and celebrate the environment and take one small step today in making this world a greener place. This week I • Read More »
SAHIMO Hydrogen Car by Turkish Students Gets 340 Miles per Liter
July 6, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Turkish students at Sakarya University have developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car that gets approximately 340 miles per liter (and for those counting a liter is approximately 1/4 of a gallon, so you can do the math). The group that developed the SAHIMO hydrogen car is the Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Implementation Group (SAITEM), comprised mostly • Read More »