Pakistan was the largest contingent with twenty (20) cars in the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2010 flagged off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. Malaysia and Thailand with 19 and 13 teams were the 2nd and 3rd largest contingent taking part in the race.

Malaysian Minister for Energy, Green Technology and Water, Peter Chin Fah Kui during his inaugural speech acknowledged the largest participation from Pakistan and said that Shell Eco Marathon will certainly help in creating fuel efficient cars with minimum emissions to contribute in global efforts to preserve fast deteriorated earth environment.

In all, twenty Pakistani players are competing with eleven Prototype cars and nine Urban Concept cars driven with Gasoline, capable of running a top speed of 30 to 35 km / hour with fuel efficiency of 250 to 330 kilometer per one litre of gasoline.
 

There are 72 players from ten (10) countries, including China, Indonesia, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore and Thailand.

The participants from Pakistan included teams from JIK Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, NED University of Engineering and Technology, College of Electrical and Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan Navy Engineering College, Air University and National University of Science and Technology.

Out of total of eighty two (82) competing vehicles, 77% were Prototype category and 23% were Urban Concept cars. They will be using seven (7) types of fuel including Ethanol, gasoline, hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas, solar, fatty acid methyl ester and diesel.Shell Eco-Marathon challenges the High School and College students from around the world to design, build and test energy efficient vehicles in various events held globally with Malaysia being the first country to host Asia series.The three day event will conclude on July 10 with prize giving ceremony among the winning teams.

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