Eco Factor: Hydrogen fueled prototype touches 4,414 kilometers mark with just one liter of fuel.
French students’ hydrogen fueled vehicle did wonders for them at the Shell Eco-marathon 2010. The competition that challenges high school and college student teams from around the world to design, build and test energy efficient vehicles saw team Polyjoule breaking a five year record on the very first day of the event by recording 4,414 kilometers on the equivalent of one liter of fuel.
The joint effort by Polytech Nantes and Lycée La Joliverie helped the enthusiastic team break its own record by crossing another 482 kilometers mark. Although the hydrogen-powered prototype broke down during pre-marathon testing, but the electronics monitoring system that minimizes energy loss helped in defeating the 200 competitors.
The extra 482km recorded on the last day of the annual event pushed their 4,414 kilometers mark to 4,896.1 kilometers. The victory is a result of five years of hard work put into the research. The students hope to come again next year to set another record for the others to follow.
Via: Gizmag
