Race winner gets close to 7,000mpg
Race winner gets close to 7,000mpg
Wayne Cunningham Managing Editor / Roadshow
Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began covering technology and the Web in 1994 as an editor of The Net magazine.
The winner of the European Eco-Shell Marathon 2006 runs on ethanol and achieved 6,786mpg. While this figure is impressive, the field was competitive, with 27 of the entrants getting more than 2,825mpg. CNET News.com has and a slide show. Of particular interest is the winner of the technical innovation award, a car from the Hochschule Offenburg team from Germany that uses an in-wheel motor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
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