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Shell Eco Marathon Journey

  It all started when Mr. G, my advanced engineering teacher had the crazy idea of enrolling us in a competition called the Shell Eco Marathon, which is only a car building competition where the winner is whoever's car travel the most miles per gallon with only 100 ml gas tank. For the competition there is two types of cars you can pick, the urban design and the prototype, my team chose the prototype design which looks something like this. This year's shell eco marathon was different than past ones thanks to the global pandemic we are undergoing, my team only focused on passing the virtual tech inspection using a free cad program called Onshape (The image bellow is an example of what you can do.) My team consisted of approximately 8 students all of which had individual jobs, for example I was in charge of the electrical components of the car but later on I focused more on the bulkhead and the parts belonging there. Once we determined the roles of each individual we decided to t