Achieving a personal best -- 1,972.9 mpg -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Efficient Vehicles team finished among the top third of 60 competitors in the Shell Eco-Marathon's United Kingdom competition -- an event where engineers and scientists of the future have gathered for over 30 years in search of automotive fuel economy.Rose-Hulman was the only entry from the United States at the Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby, England. Overall, the team placed 10th in the gasoline fuel division and 18th among all competitors.
The best mileage performance was achieved by team Microjoule, from France, with a mileage of 10,516.9 mpg, short of the team's world record of 10,705 mpg set in 2004. The best collegiate entry came from Britain's Bath University, a perennial top contender, at 5,958.8 mpg.
More information about Rose-Hulman's Efficient Vehicles team is available here.
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