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A green car that runs 2.000 kms. with one liter of gasoline
Baku, May 10 (AZERTAC). Students of the University Miguel Hernández (UMH) Elche have designed a green car, called `Date 12′, with which they hope to travel more than 2.000 kilometers on a liter of fuel in the competition Shell Eco-Marathon, to be held 17 to the 19 May in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
The prototype is 3,20 meters long, 60 cm wide and 50 inches high, and weight in order of competition is 38 kilos.
According to sources in the UMH, models is one of the lowest in its category, this design reduces the possibility of tipping, something very important to be this year of a street circuit with sharp bends.
The test consists of spinning a street circuit to see which of the participating vehicles travel more kilometers on a liter of fuel.
The average speed of the prototypes must not be less than 25 mph.