Shell congratulates Singapore teams for excellent performance at first Shell Eco-marathon Asia

From among 81 teams and 10 countries across Asia, Singapore teams won four out of 15 on track and three off track awards at the inaugural Shell Eco-marathon Asia, which was held at the Sepang F1 circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8 – 10 July 2010.
                                         
In the Urban Concept Category, a team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) using hydrogen fuel was tops with a distance of 612.4 kilometres per litre. It also won awards in safety, technical innovation and design.

The kick-off in Asia last Thursday made the Shell Eco-marathon a truly global event for the very first time. It has been running in Europe since 1985 and the United States since 2007.

The annual competition challenges students to design, build and drive a vehicle that can travel the furthest distance on the least amount of fuel. Eight teams from Singapore competed in the competition.

Student teams participated in either the Prototype or Urban Concept categories. For the Prototype category, teams entered futuristic prototypes – streamlined vehicles focused on maximising fuel efficiency through innovative design elements, such as drag reduction.

For the Urban Concept category, teams entered more "roadworthy" fuel-efficient vehicles. Aimed at meeting the real-life needs of drivers, these vehicles are closer in appearance to the cars seen on roads today.  For both categories, teams can use any conventionally available energy source – including fuels such as diesel, gasoline and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), as well as alternative fuels such as hydrogen, biomass and solar.

The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic participated in the Shell Eco-marathon for the first time and took home awards in the Diesel Fuel Award and Fuel Cell Grand Prize categories respectively.

Nanyang Technological University’s Prototype vehicle came first in the Solar Grand Prize category.

Lee Tzu Yang, Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore, congratulated the Singapore teams on their excellent performance. He added, “The students demonstrated creativity in their vehicle design, practiced good safety measures on and off track, and showed innovation in their use of energy types. I am proud of the performance by the Singapore students.”

For more information on the Shell Eco-marathon, please visit  www.shell.com/ecomarathon.

For Media Queries:
Shell
Serene Loo (Ms), Media Manager, External Affairs & Communications
Shell Companies in Singapore,
Tel : +65 63848943/ +65 91868504
Email: serene.loo@shell.com

Institute of Technical Education
Valerie Ng (Ms), Head, Public Communications, Corporate Affairs and Development Division
Tel : +65 65902066/ +65 93387411
Email : valerie_ng@ite.edu.sg

Nanyang Technological University
Hisham Hambari (Mr), Assistant Director, Corporate Communications
Tel : +65 67906447
Email : mhisham@ntu.edu.sg
 
National University of Singapore
Lo Tien Yin (Ms), Associate Director, External Relations Office, Faculty of Engineering
Tel : +65 65164436
Email : engloty@nus.edu.sg

Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Sadiah Ahmad (Ms), Manager, Media Relations
Tel : +65 64606232/ +65 83670286
Email : sadia@np.edu.sg

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