Although the Electrathon competition started in England with older men building small electric cars for competitions. It eventually developed an earnest following in the US school system as students became involved in designing, building, innovating and fine tuning their vehicles for the competitions.
These semi-annual events were begun in Maine in 1994. The Maine Energy Education Program has been managing the program since 1996. (Link below)
Michael Lewis from Maine is the Electrathon National Champion
He is the present Electrathon National Record Holder after travelling more than 53 miles in one hour in this vehicle on a track while consuming a total of less than one killowatt, as much as the averge hand-held hair dryer.
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