HOUSTON -- More than 500 students making up 44 teams from North and South America competed over the weekend in the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge for students to design, build and test ...

The Shell Eco-marathon Asia showed sleek futuristic-looking cars going around the track slower than me riding a bicycle (at times). Aloysius Low is a Senior Editor at CNET covering mobile and Asia.

The winning car Thao Pha Dang Nang Ai Prototype by team Virgin from Sakonnakhon Technical College, Thailand hits the track for their winning lap at Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2015. (Photo by Mike ...

Many of the cars are more like enclosed bicycles, and virtually none of them could operate on public roads or highways. But the Shell Eco-Marathon offers some useful lessons for the more than 100 high ...

Most gearheads interested in the discipline called motorsport know Shell has been involved with the Le Mans 24 Hours Race since the early 1920s, but their interest in the competition took different ...

Engineering students at Mapua University are taking on a new challenge as they prepare for next year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. For the first time since the eco-marathon ...

A group of cowboy hat-wearing New York teenagers is one step closer to pushing the boundaries of energy efficiency after hours of tinkering with their battery-powered prototype. More than 1,000 high ...

The Shell Eco-Marathon brings wild-looking cars to the streets of Detroit in a bid for a more fuel-sipping automotive future. Jon Wong Former editor for CNET Cars Jon Wong was a reviews editor for ...