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 SHELL AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON TEAM UP TO BRING 2010 SHELL ECO-MARATHON AMERICAS TO DISCOVERY GREEN MARCH 26-28
Dozens of student teams from across the Americas to participate in Fuel Efficiency Challenge


What: Shell Rco-Marathon Americas

Who: Several dozen high-school and college teams from across the Americas will compete to design, build and test the most energy-efficient vehicles. Two teams are entered from U of H and one from Lamar Universiry in Beaumont.

When: Friday-Sunday, March 26-28, 2010. Admission is free for all ages.

Where: Houston's Discovery Green and George R. Brown Convention Center

Can you imagine a vehicle getting nearly 3,000 mpg on the equivalent of a single gallon of fuel? It actually happened. Last year, a student tream from Laval University of Quebec, Canada achieved an incredible 2757.1 mpg to win the grand prize in the "Prototype" category at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a fuel efficiency challenge for high school and university students from across the Americas.

On March 26-28, 2010, at downtown's Discovery Green, dozens of student teams will test vehicles they have designed and built, to see which can go the furthest distance using the least amount of fuel in the first Houston appearance of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas. More than 50 teams across the Americas are expected as well as a team from Italy. Of particular local interest, two teams are entered from the University of Houston and one from Lamar University in Beaumont.