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Cicero-North Syracuse High School
Fuel-cell Car Takes 2nd in Contest
Against 4 Major University Teams (http://www.syracuse.com/north/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1240131329253750.xml&coll=1)
Vehicle built by high school students averages
1,431.3 miles per gallon!
Alaina Potrikus The Post-Standard (NY) April 19, 2009

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A hydrogen fuel-cell car built by Cicero-North Syracuse HS students averaged 1,431.3 miles per gallon on Saturday. The students drove the car 15 mph on the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California....

The slow-speed but high-mileage performance was enough to place the C-NS Performance Engineering Team's car second in the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition.

"It was beyond belief," said an ecstatic Ted Kliszczewicz, of Carrier Corp., one of six adults who accompanied the students. "The kids are beside themselves."

2,757.1 MPG Achieved at 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas (http://sev.prnewswire.com/oil-energy/20090419/DA0123619042009-1.html) -- Shell/PRNewswire April 19. 2009http://www.hydrogencommerce.com/images/CNS2.jpg

"These kids are the future engineers. They're the ones who will be working with and designing the vehicles that we drive in
the future and the energy sources we use."
Ted Kliszczewicz, Carrier Corp
New York (http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/cns_team_takes_hydrogen_fuelce.html) High School Team to MPG-Race (http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/cns_team_takes_hydrogen_fuelce.html)
Hydrogen Fuel-cell Car Saturday at Auto Club Speedway (http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/cns_team_takes_hydrogen_fuelce.html)
Catie O'Toole The Post-Standard (NY) April 15, 2009
The students started meeting in September with mentors -- five engineers from Carrier, Lockheed Martin and WMB Enterprises -- who guided them in the design process and educated them about the electrical and mechanical aspects of the vehicle, said Steve Grimaldi, a mentor and service engineer for Carrier. JPW Fabricators also donated their services by welding the vehicle's frame together, Miner said. ...Last year's winning team, Penn State, averaged 1,668.3 miles per gallon.

PHOTOS (http://www.nscsd.org/files/20503/hfcvpictures.htm)
CNS Student Engineering Club (http://www.nscsd.org/high_school.cfm?subpage=9671)
Shell Eco-Marathon (http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/responsible_energy/ecomarathon_americas/eco_marathon_americas.html)

Photos from Saturday's Shell Eco-marathon Competition
photos copyright 2009 RD Masters
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Penn State took the Grand Prize for Fuel Cells with 1,912.9 mpg.


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"Infusion" Fuel Cell Racer
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I really wonder why they used open-spoke wheels.
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I suspect availability and weight factor into it. Besides, they are driving so slowly (15mph?) that it shouldn't matter much.

True. You don't get that kind of mileage at 60 mph, now do you? :D

How much weight and expense would a sheet of coroplast be, though? ;)

Thanks for the pics! Click on Mater Dei's pic in bottom right and you will see plastic of some sort laced in the rear wheel. Click on the bottom left photo and you will see a tire mod taking LRR to the Nth!

It is a great thing to see so many students involved in the study of fuel economy. Hopefully, some new design or idea will help manufacturers today. If not at least all involved will get a true sense of what slight differences can do to mpg efficiency.