Hungarians doing wonders with only 1liter fuel

As we have written about this before, three student groups from Hungary were taking part in the Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2018 race, and we are happy to report that they did great.

The Shell Eco-marathon challenges student teams around the world to design and build energy-efficient vehicles and then prove their efficiency by personally driving them on the race track. The Eco-marathon was part of the Make the Future Live festival in London. Every year this event is organised in three places: in Europe, Asia and North America. The aim of this race is to have vehicles built that can travel the longest distance with only one litre of fuel or one kilowatt energy.

This year there were two categories. The Prototype class that focused on maximum efficiency, where passenger comfort was not that important. In the UrbanConcept class, organisers encouraged more practical designs.

Of course, all this means that the vehicles in this race are not exactly comfortable, neither could they be called fast. There are parts of the track where the cars are just left to roll on their own, and in the prototype category, drivers are usually lying down in a small space. But at least they are really energy efficient.

The current record in 3771 km on 1 liter fuel.