Current Records
Shell Eco-marathon in numbers and which teams holding the current records.
The Shell Eco-marathon challenges students to design, build and run the utlimate fuel-efficient vehicle.
The Shell Eco-marathon began in 1939 at a Shell research laboratory in the U.S. as a friendly wager between scientists to see who could get the most miles per gallon from their vehicles.
Learn some amazing facts about the history and success of the Shell Eco-marathon.
These rules are designed to enable safe, technically sound and fair competition. Download the Official Rules for the 2011 events.
Teams can enter vehicles in two categories, the prototypes group where the primary design consideration is reducing drag and maximising efficiency and UrbanConcept for vehicles built to more conventional four-wheel roadworthy criteria.