Team Philippines unveils cars for Malaysia Shell Eco-Marathon

MANILA, Philippines - Palm trees and cosmopolitan hi-rise buildings served as backdrops for three student-made vehicles of blue, white, and black.

With exactly 30 days left before the first Shell Eco-Marathon in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the expansive streets of Fort Bonifacio became a practice racetrack for Team Philippines as they unveiled their prototypes for the competition.

Team Philippines is composed of students from the country's top engineering schools: the Mapua Institute of Technology, the University of Santo Tomas, and the Don Bosco Technical College.

These schools were chosen by Shell Philippines for the first Asian edition of a marathon that has long been organized in Europe and the Americas. Currently, the highest record set in the competition was 3,777 kph for a liter of fuel.

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