Two Omani student teams to take part in Shell Eco-marathon in Singapore

As part of the ‘Make the Future Festival’ held in Singapore, the sultanate will be participating in Shell Eco-marathon Asia.

With a contingent of two futuristic cars competing, one from Sultan Qaboos University and the second from German University of Technology in Oman, the teams will challenge their peers on the track with their own energy-efficient designs.

The marathon will bring over 120 student teams from 18 countries across Asia Pacific and the Middle East to put their self-built energy-efficient cars to test.

The event will be held from March 8-11 at Singapore’s Changi Exhibition Centre.

One of the world’s longest-running student competitions, Shell Eco-marathon is a global programme that challenges bright student minds to design and build ultra-energy-efficient cars, and then put them to test. This year it will include two key competitions.

The longest running competition is the Mileage Challenge where teams compete to travel the farthest on the least amount of fuel.

The second, Drivers’ World Championship Asia challenges the best Urban Concept teams to combine the proven energy efficiency of their car with the speed and skill of their driver, in a race to see who can cross the finish line first on the least amount of fuel.

Make the Future Festival is Shell’s global platform for conversation, collaboration and innovation around the world’s around the global energy challenge: How to generate more energy, while producing less CO2 emissions.

During the event the visitors can explore bright ideas from around Asia, see what is happening now to power the world and get a glimpse of what the future of energy might look like.

They will be able to discover what it’s like to generate electrical energy by dancing and playing interactive games.