{"id":515156,"date":"2010-04-04T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T00:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/student-built-car-2487-mpg\/14707\/"},"modified":"2010-04-04T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T00:04:08","slug":"student-built-car-achieves-2487-5-mpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/515156","title":{"rendered":"Student-built car achieves 2,487.5 mpg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/eco-marathon.jpg\" alt=\"Laval University's 2,487.5mpg NTF 4.0, crossing the finish line at the 2010 Shell Eco-Mara...\"><\/p>\n<p>The NTF 4.0, a car built by a team of students from Laval University in Quebec, Canada, achieved an astonishing 2,487.5 mpg (US) a week ago at the 2010 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Houson, Texas. The feat earned the team the &#36;US5,000 grand prize in the Prototype category, in which fuel-efficiency can be achieved through designs that are&#8230; well, that are as radically streamlined and lightweight as possible, really. The combustion-engined NTF (any ideas what that stands for?) was by no means the only impressive vehicle at the event, however&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/aerodynamics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aerodynamics<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/energy+efficient\/\" rel=\"tag\">Energy Efficient<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/2946\/\">Shell Eco-Marathon winner averages 9737mpg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7630\/\">Look Mum, no petrol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/2858\/\">DARPA Schedules 2nd Autonomous Robotic Ground Vehicles Event<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/5921\/\">Caterham Seven Roadsport delivers 131 miles per gallon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tesla-roadster-record-electric-car-single-charge\/13220\/\">EV record: Tesla Roadster travels 313 miles on a single charge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4134\/\">DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE 2005: 40 Teams through to next round<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qg-MGtmRpvICOu-mwiPWNJN1pZw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qg-MGtmRpvICOu-mwiPWNJN1pZw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qg-MGtmRpvICOu-mwiPWNJN1pZw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qg-MGtmRpvICOu-mwiPWNJN1pZw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=at0nVVZfUiE:yhzn4WvDoVQ:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/at0nVVZfUiE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NTF 4.0, a car built by a team of students from Laval University in Quebec, Canada, achieved an astonishing 2,487.5 mpg (US) a week ago at the 2010 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Houson, Texas. 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