A high school student team designs car doing 2,843.4 miles per gallon!!!

While this is just another competition based test car built, it is woth reading though. Fact is that very high mileages are possible. - Bhushan

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A high school team beat out students from 23 universities to take home the grand prize for designing, building and driving a vehicle that went the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel.

Not only that, but the students from Mater Dei High School of Evansville, Ind., set a new mileage record at the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, held over the weekend at the California Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

Their three-wheeled, combustion-engine vehicle achieved 2,843.4 miles per gallon.

Read at the LINK

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Thanks Bhusan - as always, you have shared a good info/link


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Good piece of information, Bhushan.

I wish we had this kind of activities in India as well. It would really be amazing to see our school kids doing stuff like this. I believe we have lots of talent, the only thing we need is to take the initiation.



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In total agreement with you.

I remember it was so nice to read (i dont know which year this was) when ISRO was looking to tie up with a college for their cryogenic engine development locally and wanted to give it as an enginerring project. After long deliberation they decided to give it IIT Mumbai. Now i am not suggesting IIT Mumbai is best (i did not study there). But i was happy & proud that students were thought capable enough to help design such a critical project for the country.

I have also seen many programs on Discovery, where they show such competitions happening in Australia where students compete to develop more eco-friendly cars.

I think more the fuel prices take a northward turn in India, more the auto companies would be forced to think of better cars or alternate-fuel run cars. M&M has already testing Scorpio for bio-diesel i guess.Hoping to see more corporate participation & encouragement sooner or later.

Bhushan

wow guys ...dat was Funkie !!!!........gr8 link Bhushan !

 

i hope India's talented students get a chance like dat too...yes we've got the brains !!!......

need sum support