Americas

Team name: Alérion Supermileage

• From: Université Laval Quebec City, Canada
• Team members average age: 22
• Car name: Alérion Supermileage
• Class: Prototype
• Energy type: Petrol
• Features: Carbon fibre body, computer-modelled for an aerodynamic design
• Years in competition: 5
• Record: 1,347 km/l (3,168.34 mpg)

“Some of the technologies we see in these cars are likely to be developed one day for cars on the road.” Mathilde Jean-St-Laurent, team manager

Team name: Indy

• From: Mater Dei High School Evansville, Indiana
• Average age: 17
• Car name: 7th GEN
• Class: Prototype
• Energy type: Battery electric
• Features: Recycled materials in the body, including frame tubing from a scrap car and old fibreglass blankets from a construction site. Much of the body is made of aluminium and fibreglass to keep it light. It is split into three sections to allow the driver to get in and out and for easier maintenance
• Years in competition: 5
• Record: 621.53km/kWh (386.2 miles)

"We don't have to invent the wheel: there are lots of wheels out there already.” Bob Neisen, team advisor

Team name: ShopGirls

• From: Granite Falls High, Washington, USA
• Average age: 15
• Class: Prototype
• Energy type: Diesel
• Features: Fibreglass and aluminium for the body and holes drilled in many car components to reduce weight.
• Years in competition: 2
• Record: 200 km/l (470 mpg)

“The participants are like athletes: if there is a problem they are in a race to solve it, under pressure, with everyone looking on". Michael Werner, team advisor

Interesting facts:

• The ShopGirls from Granite Falls High, Washington, USA, is an all-female team
• Team members have applied their knowledge of Mathematics and Science to build a Prototype car
• The car is made of lightweight materials for ultra energy efficiencyThe students must solve technical problems even on competition day
• In 2011 the ShopGirls won the Shell Eco-marathon Americas safety award