Other teams from technical universities in Ukraine are mostly welcome to join the competition as well.

Peter Kerekgyarto, General Director of Shell Retail Ukraine, said: “By holding Shell Eco-marathon since 1985, we are delighted to bring to all young talents the opportunities to not only demonstrate their knowledge, skills and creativity, but also to contribute to the better lower-carbon future. This year’s participants have set new exciting records which may require special ingenuity from participants in the future competitions. Nevertheless, we believe that soon Ukrainian teams will also be among enthusiastic participants and will demonstrate decent results.”.

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About Shell Eco-marathon

Shell Eco-marathon is a world-leading energy-efficiency programme for students, aiming to inspire STEM careers that make the future. It requires high school and university teams to explore every aspect of design, technology and engineering to build their own ultra-energy-efficient cars, and then take them out on the track in competition.

The concept can be traced back to 1939 when Shell Oil Company employees in the USA made a friendly wager on who could travel the farthest using the same amount of fuel. This was the beginning of what is now known as the Shell Eco-marathon Mileage Challenge. The first official Shell Eco-marathon Mileage Challenge competition took place in 1985 in France; 25 wooden vehicles were on the grid that year! In the 34 years since, the competition has grown to host thousands of participants from over 50 countries across the world, in nine locations.

Today, Shell Eco-marathon programmes are held annually in Asia, Americas and Europe and consist of two key competition types: Shell Eco-marathon Mileage Challenge - students compete to see whose car design can go the farthest on the least amount of fuel; Shell Eco-marathon Drivers’ World Championship - the world's best UrbanConcept teams compete in an exciting global race to find the world's fastest energy-efficient driver.

In 2019, the Shell Eco-marathon Drivers’ World Championship takes place on July 5 in London, United Kingdom. Qualifying events took place in California, USA; and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in April 2019.

For more information, please, contact press office of Shell Retail Ukraine:

Viktor Kachurenko
+38 044 495 08 00

Bohdana Sendziuk 
+38 044 586 63 50

Chrystyna Kosonotska
+38 044 586 63 50