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By Auto123.com,
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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The point of the “Urban Concept” class is to create vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, yet that resemble cars seen on roads today.
Teams can use conventional energy sources such as diesel, gasoline and liquid petroleum gas, as well as alternative fuels like hydrogen, biomass and solar.
Cars of the future
The high school, university and college students that have registered for the Eco-marathon can also choose the prototype category.
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Here, they will be asked to develop futuristic prototypes: compact aerodynamic vehicles that maximize fuel efficiency.
Last year, the Mater Die High School team, from Evansville, Indiana, broke a new record. Their prototype could travel 1,208.6 kilometers per litre.
Registration
Teams are now invited to register for the event, which will start on April 15th 2009 and end on the 18th. The contest will be held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
“The Shell Eco-marathon offers young people interested in technology, energy and transportation a unique, hands-on opportunity to stretch the boundaries of fuel efficiency,” declared Mark Singer, Shell Eco-marathon global project manager.
“Adding the ‘Urban Concept’ category to the Americas event in 2009 is a visible demonstration of our deep commitment to face the global demand for energy head-on and an invitation for others to do the same. We look forward to seeing these vehicles on the track and, one day, powered by environmentally friendly fuels out on the road,” he added.
The first five teams in Canada to register for the prototype or Urban Concept categories could receive $5,000 USD each. However, to be eligible for this incentive, teams must complete the first phase of registration and pass vehicle inspection at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon.
The event began as a wager between scientists. It was first held in 1939 at a Shell research laboratory in the United States. The best mileage achieved during that competition? 21 km/l!
For more information, rules and registration, visit www.shell.com/ecomarathon.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
