Yeditepe’s Electric Car Won First Prize in the Shell Eco-Marathon Turkey Urban Concept Category

Shell Eco-Marathon is a competition that challenges students around the world to design, build and drive the most energy-efficient car. The organization’s Turkey leg took place in Istanbul at the TİM Foreign Commerce Complex in October 7-8-9 2016. Thirteen teams with 200 students from different high school and universities all over Turkey participated in the competition. The Yeditepe University team YUEMT-Fluxus won first prize among the electric cars in the “Urban Concept” category.

All winning teams will receive their prizes at the Innovation Week organized by the Turkish Exporter’s Assembly in December 8-9-10 2016. The Shell Eco-Marathon Turkey winning teams will compete with teams representing 26 European countries at the Shell Eco-Marathon Europe competition in London in June 2017.