UAE-designed cars to compete in Shell Eco-marathon

Fuel efficient cars designed by UAE students are to compete in the Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2017.

The competition will be held next March during Shell’s Make the Future festival in Singapore.

Students from across the emirates will participate with their ‘Made in the UAE’ environmentally friendly vehicles, according to state news agency, WAM.

Shell’s four-day Make the Future event will feature energy ideas and innovations with the potential to address global energy challenges.

Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2017 will also see the first-ever Regional Drivers’ Championship, a race that will see the best teams from around the world battle it out for a place in the Drivers’ World Championship 2017 in London.

Shell’s Make the Future festival will take place from 16-19 March, 2017.