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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Pakistani engineers to participate in fuel-efficient vehicle making contest
ISLAMABAD: In an effort to promote fuel-efficient vehicles, twenty-seven teams of young Pakistani engineers from various universities have been selected to take part in a competition being held in Malaysia this year. Congratulating the selected teams in a send-off ceremony organised by Shell Pakistan on Wednesday, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Syed Naveed Qamar, lauded the teams’ efforts and said, “Today we are extending the boundaries of our innovation and technology. The students who are taking part in this competition are amongst the best technical talent in our country.” As part of a Shell Eco-Marathon initiative, seeking to develop energy solutions, the competition encourages students across Asia to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles. In Berlin last year, a vehicle travelled 3,836 kilometres on a single litre of fuel. Tanvir Sadiq, a mechanical engineering student at the UET told Daily Times that his team had been selected and they were targeting to achieve 300 km on one litre of fuel. staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk