World Championship Stories: Innovative Solutions
Discover stories from the 2023 World Championship featuring top performing Shell Eco-marathon teams who have demonstrated incredible innovation.
2023 Teams on Innovation
Watch first-hand accounts from passionate Gen Zs with a clear purpose of creating more sustainable mobility solutions, as they push their design, technology, and engineering skills to the limit in the final epic battle of the season.
In this piece, Rishabh Chopra from Shell meets three teams to talk about innovation focussed firmly on the technology and new solutions these innovators are adopting to get ahead in the competition.
Kyra from Falcon UC, USA – a high school team from the USA shares how they have reduced the weight of their vehicle by 40%.
Arjun from Team Pravega, India – designed an app to help other Shell Eco-marathon teams with travel to event logistics.
Jeremy from Team TIM UPS INSA, France – shares how they developed a new paint technology resulting in reduction of their weight by 4kgs.
– Kyra Bednarz, Falcon UC“We put in… a lot of hours and it paid off for sure”
About this series
At the heart of the competition is a challenge with long-lasting implications for us all: How can we travel the farthest using as little energy as possible? Tasked with creating a vehicle that can test this theory and change how we see and understand mobility, students embark on a journey that will push their design, technology, and engineering skills to the limit both on and off the track.
Shell Eco-marathon embodies the spirit of young changemakers who demonstrate perseverance, collaboration, and innovation.
Shell Eco-marathon teams from around the global came together at the World Championship 2023 in Bangalore, India from October 10 – 12, 2023. Whilst these young STEM students may come from different countries, cultures, and educational curriculums, they all share a common goal, to create a more energy-efficient future.
