Going the farthest distance might sound like a foot race. But this past weekend, it meant stretching the boundaries of fuel efficiency as student teams competed in the fifth annual Shell Eco-marathon ...

Many of the cars are more like enclosed bicycles, and virtually none of them could operate on public roads or highways. But the Shell Eco-Marathon offers some useful lessons for the more than 100 high ...

Hansel Sjukur, a University of Illinois freshman, is cool and collected despite last-minute hurdles facing his team. Sjukur and his peers have traveled hundreds of miles to compete in the Shell ...

Most gearheads interested in the discipline called motorsport know Shell has been involved with the Le Mans 24 Hours Race since the early 1920s, but their interest in the competition took different ...

The winning car Thao Pha Dang Nang Ai Prototype by team Virgin from Sakonnakhon Technical College, Thailand hits the track for their winning lap at Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2015. (Photo by Mike ...

Siddarth Raja March 17, 2008 Comment Now! For the past couple of years Dutch oil-giant Shell has played host to the ‘Eco-Marathon’ challenge, a competition where teams have to build the most fuel ...

There are a couple of ways to look at the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, which just wrapped up the first year of its three-run year in Detroit. You could frame it as an utterly misguided marketing ...

This year's Shell Eco-Marathon was held over this past weekend, and the winner in the top "prototype" category was a bunch of Canadian students. At first, that might seem surprising, but as it turns ...

"George," the gas-powered Urban Concept vehicle built by Mater Dei High School students from Evansville, makes one of his last runs before retirement after five years of competitions. Photo: Brian ...