UNILAG Students Show Off Their Eco Car Built For International Competition

The mentioned event is being hosted by three continents. This year’s competition took place in Manila, Philippines, February 6-9, 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May 15-18, 2014 and Houston, the U.S.A., April 24-27, 2014. 

Parade during the opening ceremony of Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2014. Nigeria flags may be spotted in front. Photo credit - Ronny Rozenberg/AP Images for Shell
A reporter of The Nation, Tolu George, spoke to team manger Abraham Imohiosen.
Abraham, who is a 500 level Computer Engineering student at UNILAG, said that this year two more teams from Nigeria were building their fuel-efficient vehicles, in accordance with the invitation by Shell Nigeria: University of Benin (UNIBEN) and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU).
You may SEE the UNIBEN vehicle HERE.
The participants of Eco-marathon are divided into several energy types (Gasoline, Diesel, Battery Electric, Alternative fuel and Hydrogen) and two categories (Prototype or UrbanConcept). UNILAG team entered the Battery Electric category.
The purpose of Shell-funded project is use eco-friendly materials and to create a car, which would show on track the best speed possible at the lowest energy consumption possible. The price of the machine also matters.
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