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EU Commissioner Piebalgs unveils 2006 European Shell Eco-marathon winning car
EU Energy Commissioner Piebalgs recently unveiled “Microjoule”, the ethanol-powered vehicle which won the European Shell Eco-marathon last May, travelling 2,885 km on the equivalent of 1 litre of fuel. Microjoule the winning car is an ethanol-powered vehicle engineered by students from the Lycee La Joliverie, from St Sebastien/Loire in France. It weighs 30kg for a length of 3m, a maximum width of 0,7m and a maximum height of 0,5m. It won the 2006 European Shell Eco-marathon averaging 2,885 km with the equivalent of 1 litre of fuel. It also took home the Climate Friendly prize. The award recognises the team producing the lowest level of CO2 emissions “from the well to the wheel”, i.e. the sum of emissions from production, transport and distribution of the energy source used.
The Shell Eco-marathon is an educational project for highschool students and their teachers that integrates the sustainable development values with driving as far as possible using the least amount of energy.
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