A total of 118 student teams from 17 countries across Asia participated in this year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A total of 118 student teams from 17 countries across Asia participated in this year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The cars had to pass a 100-point, technical inspection for safety including dynamic tests before the teams could even practice. Sad to say, 18 teams failed this part and didn’t even make it to the track. If you count the technological nightmares that the teams had to do - design and create a vehicle from ground up, according to the rules and get the driver to be the best out there mileage-wise - then you could see that just running in the event is already an achievement in itself!

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