Are the technologies developed for the vehicles also useful outside the Shell Eco-marathon project?
The object of the Shell Eco-marathon is to encourage students to think about and develop solutions that can help answer mobility and energy challenges of today and tomorrow. To that end Shell encourages students to develop solutions that are as practical as possible. Examples of practical technological innovations developed so far by the student teams include: · A prototype equipped with a fuel cell and a system to recover energy from braking · A diesel engine equipped with a temperature control system · An LPG engine that was made non-flammable by the use of insulation material · A 100% efficient hydrogen fuel cell technique patented by a Danish team in 2006 Of course, most of the vehicles designed today for the Shell Eco-marathon will not provide any ready-made solutions to mobility issues and will probably remain at the prototype stage.
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