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Cars line up for the family portrait during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Kimi Räikkönen is seen behind the scenes during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Team ECO-JANDULA from I.E.S. Jandula, Andujar, Spain work on their vehicle behind the scenes during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Members of team NidaEco from Universite Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, work on their vehicle behind the scenes during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Teams work on their vehicles behind the scenes during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Team Hydro2Motion from the Munich University Of Applied Science, Munich, Germany, works on its vehicle during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Team Pinto from The College of West Anglia, United Kingdom, works on its vehicle during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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The All American, a diesel UrbanConcept racing for team Knights 3 from Alden-Conger High School, Alden, United States, on the track during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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A car goes through technical inspection during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Cars line up for the family portrait during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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Cars line up for the family portrait during day one of Make the Future London 2016
Guy Levy for Shell
Cars line up for the family portrait during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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The Max, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team Green Team Twente Young from Bonhoeffer College, Enschede, Netherlands, goes through technical inspection during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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The Shell Autonomous car during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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The Louis, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team TUC ECO RACING from Technical University Of Crete, Chania, Greece on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
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The Ecotöff II, a gasoline prototype racing for team LTAM from Lycée des Arts et Métiers Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg is pushed toward the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
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The AN UC16, a GTL UrbanConcept racing for team Barredos Automoción from I.E.S Alto Nalon, Barredos Laviana, Spain during day two of Make the Future London 2016
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The TIM07, an ethanol UrbanConcept racing for team Toulouse Ingénierie Multidisciplinaire from INSA de Toulouse - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France prepares to leave the paddock during day two of Make the Future London 2016
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The Ylona 2, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team ISEN Toulon / SCS from ISEN Toulon, Toulon, France on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The IDRA, a hydrogen prototype racing for team H2politO - molecole da corsa from Politecnico Di Torino, Italy, races on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The Ecotöff II, a gasoline prototype racing for team LTAM from Lycée des Arts et Métiers Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The Le Barto, a hydrogen prototype racing for team ECAM Shell Eco-Marathon from Ecam Lyon, LYON, France during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The ConsominiEvoIII, a gasoline prototype racing for team ARC Team Proto from HE-Arc Ingenierie, St-Imier, Switzerland on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The UE3, a battery electric prototype racing for team Ubbo Emmius from Ubbo Emmius, Stadskanaal, Netherlands on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The Eco Arrow 2.2, a gasoline prototype racing for team Iron Warriors from Lodz University Of Technology, Lodz, Poland on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
James Cannon for Shell
The Hyd-R, a hydrogen prototype racing for team Alternative Energy Resources Society from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey goes through technical inspection during day two of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The Pteron CI, a battery electric prototype racing for team Pteron from Colchester Institute, Colchester, United Kingdom is carried through the paddock during day two of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The H2.Zero , a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team Green Team Twente from University Of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands shows off its rubber ducks in the windshield during day two of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The Cimbrer, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team Aalborg Energy from Aalborg University, Aalborg Øst, Denmark prepares to go through technical inspection during day two of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The Cachalote 2.1, an ethanol prototype racing for team Canastell from Cipfp Canastell, San vicente del Raspeig, Spain on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The Space Taxi, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team HTL-Ried Racing Team from Htbla Ried Im Innkreis, Ried im Innkreis, Austria on the track during day two of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
A student driver straps on his helmet, prepares to enter the track during Make the Future London 2016
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The Accelerator, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team HAN Hydromotive from Hogeschool Van Arnhem En Nijmegen, Arnhem, Netherlands on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Dan Medhurst for Shell
The AN UC16, a GTL UrbanConcept racing for team Barredos Automoción from I.E.S Alto Nalon, Barredos Laviana, Spain on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Umicore-Electra Ulg, #705, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team ULg Eco Team from Universite De Liege, Liège, Belgium on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Roul'Cagouille, a gasoline UrbanConcept racing for team Lycée Louis DELAGE from Lycee Louis Delage, Cognac, France on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The TIM07, an ethanol UrbanConcept racing for team Toulouse Ingénierie Multidisciplinaire from INSA de Toulouse - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The IVY-1, a GTL UrbanConcept racing for team Summotive from Summa College Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands prepares to enter the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Accelerator, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team HAN Hydromotive from Hogeschool Van Arnhem En Nijmegen, Arnhem, Netherlands prepares to enter the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Accelerator, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team HAN Hydromotive from Hogeschool Van Arnhem En Nijmegen, Arnhem, Netherlands prepares to enter the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Accelerator, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team HAN Hydromotive from Hogeschool Van Arnhem En Nijmegen, Arnhem, Netherlands prepares to enter the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Elroy, a gasoline UrbanConcept racing for team Mater Dei Supermileage from Mater Dei High School, Evansville, United States, seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
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The E-fish, #704, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team Evi Neuruppin from Evangelische Schule Neuruppin, Neuruppin, Germany on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The DTU Dynamo, an ethanol UrbanConcept racing for team DTU Roadrunners from Technical University Of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The All American, a diesel UrbanConcept racing for team Knights 3 from Alden-Conger High School, Alden, United States, seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Pyrforos, a battery electric prototype racing for team Prometheus from National Technical University Of Athens, Athens, Greece, seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The uclan eco 16, a gasoline prototype racing for team University of Central Lancashire from University Of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom, seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Ecorunner VI, a hydrogen prototype racing for team Eco-Runner Team Delft from Delft University Of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The ConsominiEvoIII, a gasoline prototype racing for team ARC Team Proto from HE-Arc Ingenierie, St-Imier, Switzerland seen on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Mark Pain for Shell
The Remmi 8, a gasoline prototype racing for team Remmi-Team from Tampere University Of Technology, Tampere, Finland prepares to enter the track during Make the Future London 2016
Dave Jensen for Shell
The Escorpio Evo 2, a battery electric prototype racing for team Zero C from Itis Leonardo Da Vinci, Carpi, Italy on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Dave Jensen for Shell
Vehicles race on the track during Make the Future London 2016
Dave Jensen for Shell
A driver waits in their vehicle during Make the Future London 2016
Dave Jensen for Shell
Guests relax near the venue during Make the Future London 2016
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Teams prepare their cars ahead of taking to the track during Make the Future London 2016
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Cars on the track during Make the Future London 2016
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The driver of MEGALODON, a hydrogen prototype racing for team Hidroana from Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey after failing a break inspection during Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
An view down one of the Eco-marathon straights at Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
Cars make their way around the track during day four of Make the Future London 2016
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Cars on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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The Raqu'AM, a gasoline prototype racing for team MASH Metz from Arts et Métiers ParisTech Metz, Metz, France on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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The Eco EST mk1, a gasoline prototype racing for team Shell Eco EST from Instituto Politecnico De Setubal, Setúbal, Portugal on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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The HUGO, a battery electric prototype racing for team DE MFK TEAM from University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary on the track during day five Make the Future London 2016
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The Eco EST mk1, a gasoline prototype racing for team Shell Eco EST from Instituto Politecnico De Setubal, Setúbal, Portugal on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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A view across the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park during Make the Future London 2016
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Cars run on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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Cars run up a straight during Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The ThaiGer V, #204, a hydrogen prototype racing for team ThaiGer-H2-Racing Stralsund from Fachhochschule Stralsund, Stralsund, Germany on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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The Eco Da Vinci 2.0, an ethanol prototype racing for team ECO DA VINCI from I.E.S Leonardo Da Vinci, Alicante, Spain on the track during day five Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The Eco Arrow 2.2, a gasoline prototype racing for team Iron Warriors from Lodz University Of Technology, Lodz, Poland on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Chris Ison for Shell
The Cachalote 2.1,  an ethanol prototype racing for team Canastell from Cipfp Canastell, San vicente del Raspeig, Spain on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The uclan eco 16, a gasoline prototype racing for team University of Central Lancashire from University Of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016 
Chris Ison for Shell
The Pyrforos, a battery electric prototype racing for team Prometheus from National Technical University Of Athens, Athens, Greece on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The clock counts down to the start of the inaugural Drivers' World Championship race during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The Cityjoule, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team Polyjoule from Polytech Nantes, Nantes, France on the track during day five Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The H2.Zero , a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team Green Team Twente from University Of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands on the track during day five Make the Future London 2016
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A French fan waves a flag as the Cityjoule, a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team Polyjoule from Polytech Nantes, Nantes, France, passes during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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Fans watch as the Ylona 2, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team ISEN Toulon / SCS from ISEN Toulon, Toulon, France, passes during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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Vehicles on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Chris Ison for Shell
The ConsominiUrban, an ethanol UrbanConcept racing for team Arc Team from HE-Arc Ingénierie, St-Imier, Switzerland on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Vehicles race on the track during Make the Future London 2016
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The Schluckspecht 3, a battery electric prototype racing for team Schluckspecht from University Of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Offenburg, Germany, races on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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The Roul'Cagouille, a gasoline UrbanConcept racing for team Lycée Louis DELAGE from Lycee Louis Delage, Cognac, France during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Guy Levy for Shell
Vehicles line up on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Guy Levy for Shell
The H2.Zero , a hydrogen UrbanConcept racing for team Green Team Twente from University Of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, races on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Guy Levy for Shell
The TURANGGA CHETA EV3, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team BUMI SILIWANGI TEAM 4 from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia, prepares to enter the track during day five Make the Future London 2016
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The TURANGGA CHETA EV3, a battery electric UrbanConcept racing for team BUMI SILIWANGI TEAM 4 from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Guy Levy for Shell
The Elvic, a battery electric prototype racing for team ELVIC from Lublin University Of Technology, Lublin, Poland, during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The Lince 2.4, a gasoline prototype racing for team ECO-JANDULA from I.E.S. Jandula, Andujar, Spain, races on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Jeff Moore for Shell
The driver from Bumi Siliwangi Team 4 from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia, celebrates the teams victory in the Drivers' World Championship during Make the Future London 2016
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Having previewed the competing teams and tried out one of the cars ourselves in the run-up to the event, we're now able to reveal the results of the 2016 Shell Eco-marathon Europe, which was held in London over the weekend. The overall winning team was French team Microjoule-La Joliverie.

The Eco-marathon Europe was held as part of the first Make the Future London festival, which was conceived to celebrate innovations that are helping to tackle the global energy challenge. It is the first time that the Eco-marathon Europe has been held in London, in the 30-plus years that it has been running.

Taking part were more than 200 student teams from 29 countries, each of which had designed, built and tested vehicles aimed at being able to travel the farthest using the least amount of fuel. The vehicles were run on a 2.2-km (1.4-mi) track that was specially designed to give the teams more challenges to consider in trying to maximize efficiency.

As ever, teams were entered into two main on-track categories. The aim for vehicles in the Prototype category is to chase down fuel efficiency at the expense of everything else, while the UrbanConcept category requires that vehicles be more practical and similar to what might be driven on a day-to-day basis. Each category is further broken down by fuel type.

Cars on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
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The vehicle built by the overall winning team, Microjoule-La Joliverie, was powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). It achieved an efficiency of 2,606.4 km/l (6,130.6 mpg), breaking the record for a CNG-powered vehicle in the process. This is especially notable given that previous events were run on a flat course, rather than a specially-design undulating course.

The other winners in the Prototype category were as follows:

  • Shell FuelSave Gasoline Prize: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS Centre de Formation Technique, France 2,300.1 km/l (5,410.2 mpg)
  • Shell FuelSave Diesel Prize: I.U.T Valenciennes, France 1,018.2 km/l (2,394 mpg)
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Prize: Politecnico Di Torino, Italy 737 km/kWh (458 mi/kWh)
  • Battery-electric Prize: I.E.S Cotes Baixes, Spain 747.2 km/kWh (464.3 mi/kWh)
  • Alternative Fuel Prize (E100 +GTL): Unversitat Miguel Hernandez D'Elx, Spain 1,555.9 km/l (3,659.7 mpg)

Meanwhile, the winners in the UrbanConcept category were:

  • Shell FuelSave Gasoline Prize: Lycee Louis Delage, France 445.7 km/l (1,048.34 mpg)
  • Shell FuelSave Diesel Prize: University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany 249.2 km/l (586.2 mpg)
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Prize: Polytech Nantes, France 389.3 km/kWh (241.9 mi/kWh)
  • Battery Electric Prize: ISEN Toulon, France 180.1 km/kWh (111.9 mi/kWh)
  • Alternative Fuel Prize (E100 +GTL): HE-Arc Ingenierie, Switzerland 346.8 km/l (815.7 mpg)
Vehicles line up on the track during day five of Make the Future London 2016
Guy Levy for Shell

This year's event also saw the introduction of the Drivers' World Championship – a head-to-head race competed by the 2016 UrbanConcept category winners from North America, Asia and Europe to find the quickest and most energy-efficient driver. The inaugural race was won by Universitas Pendidikan from Indonesia. The team has won a week's training with Scuderia Ferrari in Maranello, Italy, at which members will meet the Formula 1 team and receive coaching on how to improve their technology.

In addition to the on-track accolades, five off-track awards were also presented. The technical innovation award went to Prometheus of the National Technical University Of Athens in Greece, for its vehicle's sophisticated and near-autonomous driving control system. This allows the driver to push a button and have the car navigate its way around the track as efficiently as possible, using GPS and other force-detection technologies.

An award was given in each category for vehicle design. In the Prototype category, H2politO from Politecnico Di Torino in Italy was recognized for having an aerodynamic design, but also a "beautifully engineered" interior. UC SHELL ECO of Ostfold University College in Norway was recognized in the UrbanConcept category for producing a vehicle that is as close to the standards of a real production vehicle as possible.

Members of team NidaEco from Universite Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, work on their vehicle behind the scenes during day one of Make the Future London 2016
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TUC Eco-Racing of Technical University of Crete in Greece won the competition's safety award for the structural integrity of its vehicle. The team produced a chassis with crumple zones to protect the driver in the event of a crash, but that was still structurally rigid.

A communications award is given to teams based on how well they set their communication objectives, how well they achieve those goals and how creative they were in approach. This year, the award was the second won by the Prometheus team. The judges said the team had two clear objectives of raising awareness about itself and raising funding or sponsorship, both of which are said to have been succeeded with by way of international crowdfunding and the use of a variety of multimedia, including TV, press and its own website.

Finally, the perseverance and spirit of the event award is presented to a team that has overcome struggles by working together. LSA Khadi AIS of Kharkiv National Automobile And Highway University in Ukraine won the award this year having gone through the "most hardship" of any team competing in the Shell Eco-marathon Europe. Following issues with their visas that meant not all team members made it to London and the need to fix a broken part of their vehicle, the team is said to have still passed the technical inspection in one of the quickest times.

The driver from Bumi Siliwangi Team 4 from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia, celebrates the teams victory in the Drivers' World Championship during Make the Future London 2016
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Also on display at Make the Future London were Pavegen's kinetic energy tiles, the Bio-bean sustainable fuel source made of coffee grounds and the GravityLight, that uses a weight and pulley system to produces light for communities in need of access to clean and affordable power. Elsewhere, Capture Mobility showcased the wind turbines it is developing that generate electricity from wind caused by passing cars.

Make the Future London was held over the four days (five including the pre-launch day) from June 30th to July 3rd at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Sources: Make the Future London, Shell Eco-marathon

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2 comments
Island Architect
How wonderfu!
I wish that you had the time to place a photo next to each winner, but this is Magnificent! Congratulations to everyone.
Bill
BigGoofyGuy
I think those are really neat.