Shell Eco-marathon World Championship 2023

Title: Shell Eco-marathon 2023 – World Championships Explainer 

Duration: 02:15

Description: An explainer video of the rules for the SEM World Championships. 

World Championships Explainer – Accessibility Transcript

[Background music]

Slow-building futuristic music plays. 

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Opens with montage of team members rolling vehicles outside garage. 

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The best Urban Concept teams from around the world

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Cuts to shots of vehicles running on track. 

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Compete in the ultimate race of speed and efficiency

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Cuts to three-way split-screen of team members celebrating. 

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To be crowned the World Champions

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Cuts to background shot of vehicles running on track, with Shell lego in foreground. 

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Shell Eco-marathon

World Championship

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Cuts to team member working on vehicle, followed by two people looking at a computer and then a long shot of a car driving off into the distance.

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Shell Eco-marathon is one of the world’s leading student engineering competitions

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Cuts to team members working on difference vehicle, followed by a car running on track. 

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Where teams test-drive the world’s most energy-efficient vehicles

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Transitions to yellow screen. 

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How the selection process works

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Transitions to map of the world with pins over the Americas, Europe and Africa, and Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. 

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Across three regions

Americas

Europe and Africa 

Asia-Pacific and the Middle East

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Transitions to new slide with car stickers. 

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The top three Urban Concept teams from each of the three energy categories

Internal combustion engine 

Hydrogen 

Battery Electric 

Race to become Regional Champions

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Transitions to new slide with more car stickers, followed by trophy graphic. 

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The four fastest and most energy-efficient teams from each region

attend the World Championship

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Transitions to new yellow slide. 

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How the World Championship works 

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Cuts to new slide with car stickers. 

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12 teams compete

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Cuts to new slide with stickers of car driving towards pin and a stopwatch. 

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for points in two challenges

World Championship Mileage Challenge 

World Championship trial 

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Transitions to cars running on track. 

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Challenge One

World Championship Mileage Challenge

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Cuts to shots of vehicles running on track, followed by drivers celebrating together. 

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Teams compete to consume the least amount of energy on a set number of laps

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Cuts to low-angle shot of vehicle wheel, followed by team members talking in paddock.

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In order to earn points and determine their energy allocation moving forwards

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Cuts to rear-view shot of vehicle driving off. 

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Challenge Two 

World Championship Time Trial

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Cuts to montage of vehicles running on track. 

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Each team completes one lap in the fastest time possible with their set energy allocation

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Cuts to vehicles sitting on track in starting positions. 

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The eight teams with the most points qualify for the final race!

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Cuts to team members walking amongst vehicles on track. 

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Points earned in the time trial will determine each team’s grid position

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Cuts to vehicles rounding a corner and then crossing the finish line.

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The first team to cross the finish line will be the 

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Transitions to three-way split of different team members holding up trophies. 

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Shell Eco-marathon

World Championship Winner!

[Endboard with Shell logo]

Follow #ShellEcoMarathon for more

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