1st Shell Eco-marathon Challenger Philippines set on Feb. 3

FOR THREE consecutive days starting Feb. 3, 26 teams composed of 260 Filipino engineering students from 17 educational institutions from all over the country will converge at the Clark International Speedway in Pampanga to take part in the first-ever Shell Ecomarathon Challenger Philippines, a localized version of the Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) Asia, the renowned global competition that challenges student-teams to design and build innovative and energy-efficient cars of the future.

The competition aims to provide Philippine teams participating in SEM Asia this year an avenue to test and recalibrate their inventions before they compete in the Singapore event.

For the competition, the students will be utilizing an energy mix that includes biofuels such as ethanol, to technologies such as compressed natural gas and gas-to-liquids (GTL) apart from conventional fuels like gasoline and diesel.

Shell Eco-marathon is one of advocacy projects that global energy and gas technology leader Shell drives its future energy visions of powering growth more sustainably by promoting innovation, energy efficiency, and upholding smarter mobility through smarter products, smarter use, and smarter infrastructure. The company also diversifies the energy mix by pioneering cleaner-burning energy resources such as natural gas.

The prestigious Shell Eco-marathon Asia has been held in Manila starting 2014, during the centennial celebration of Shell companies in the Philippines, until 2016.

This year, Singapore will host the competition which will be the centerpiece of the inaugural Asian edition of Shell’s Make the Future festival.

The four-day spectacle will be open to public at the Changi Exhibition Center from March 16 to 19. It will feature bright energy ideas and innovations that address the global energy challenge — how to generate more energy while producing less carbon dioxide.

With SEM Asia competition as the highlight of Make the Future festivities, visitors will also experience the ideas, contribute their own, and join the journey to an energy-efficient, low carbon future.

Through virtual reality and hands-on experiential zones, visitors will be able to explore what is happening now and what the future of energy might look like, from renewable energy to natural gas and low-carbon technologies.

They can also learn about bright ideas from around Asia and participate in interactive zones about the future of energy, mobility and innovation by Shell and its partners.

Winners of the local Shell Eco-marathon competition will be supported by Shell in their entry to the regional tilt.

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