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- Student-designed car could cross almost the entire U.S. on one gallon of gas Fri, 26 May 17, 10:13pmEngineering students at Quebec's Université Laval just designed a gas-fueled car so efficient, you could travel further than the distance between Atlanta, Georgia and Seattle, Washington on a single gallon of gasoline...
- World's most efficient electric car gets an outrageous 26,135 MPGe Wed, 3 Aug 16, 12:01amOne little three-wheeled car is zooming ahead to the future, with an outrageously efficient electric engine that rates a staggering 26,135 mile per gallon equivalent (MPGe)...
- Record-Breaking Solar Car Can Travel 98 Miles on 15 Cents Worth of Electricity Wed, 13 Aug 14, 7:18amThe annual Shell-Eco Marathon challenges student teams around the world to design the best ultra energy-efficient vehicle, which is then put to the test during racing events in Asia, America and Europe...
- Flexible Thin Solar Cells Help Elba EV Set a Staggering New Record in Fuel Efficiency Wed, 13 Aug 14, 2:15amThe annual Shell-Eco Marathon challenges student teams around the world to design the best ultra energy-efficient vehicle, which is then put to the test during racing events in Asia, America and Europe...
- 1,980 MPG Student-Designed Car Wins the Mallory Park Fuel Efficiency Challenge! Wed, 29 Jun 11, 5:45amThe young students at Kingdown School in Witlshire, England are wise beyond their years, having built the car that was the winner of the Mallory Park Mileage Marathon...
- 2,200MPG Celeritas Solar Car Wins Shell Eco-Marathon Wed, 27 Apr 11, 5:10amSolar cars are rapidly becoming more and more efficient, but they’re going to have to step up their game in order to beat the Celeritas, a 275 lb vehicle that can travel 2,200 miles per gallon...
- Ultra-Efficient Alerion Race Car Gets 2,564.8 MPG at Shell Eco-Marathon Wed, 20 Apr 11, 3:16amA team of students at Université Laval just won first place for the third time in the Shell Eco-marathon in Houston with their svelte hypermiling supercar, which gets an incredible fuel efficiency of 2,564.8 MPG! The annual...
- University Students Build 2,487 MPG Hypermiling Supercar Tue, 30 Mar 10, 3:45amGM claims that the Chevy Volt can get 230 MPG under city driving conditions, but that’s nothing compared to the 2,487 MPG squeezed out of a combustion engine-powered prototype vehicle built by students at Laval University...
- Students Build Black Widow Supercar that Gets 2752.3 MPG Sat, 20 Feb 10, 4:45amThink claims of electric vehicles that get over 200 MPG are impressive? Try this on for size: a group of mechanical engineering students at Cal Poly have developed a vehicle that can get up to 2752.3 MPG — and it doesn’t...