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Shell Eco-marathon s always attract a diverse mix of design and technology and the Shell Eco-marathon Asia is no exception. While the vast majority of vehicles are gasoline powered, there have been some notable exceptions such as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore who have brought a solar prototype vehicle. For them, the rainy season might be an extra challenge. Ng Heong Wah, Nanyang Technological University, "We tend to rely on the weather and from the forecast we know it will be stormy in the afternoon si we try to get a window of bright sunshine to go out and do our attempts. So that's the problem now." Team 28 from Pakistan NAVY ENGINEERING COLLEGE have another first for Shell Eco-marathon. Umair Tariq, Pakistan Navy Engineering College, "This car is on exhibition because it's totally wi-fi. A remote controlled car. And we have used wi fi for several motors so we control each and every thing. Our turning is through this, our throttle is through this, and our braking is through this -- so everything is through this joystick. Our driver is sitting inside and just hold this, turning, throttling and brakes, everything he's doing just with this." Meanwhile, Malaysia University have a prototype LPG vehicle with an eco-friendly shell. Vigren A/L V. Radha, Universiti Sains Malaysia, "Usually people use fiberglass, carbon fiber, aluminum, and we wanted to do something different using natural fiber -- a specific reason we wanted to use a natural fiber is that if you want to produce a glass fiber or carbon fiber, you use a lot of energy to extract the mineral which will be used to make fiberglass, but jute is taken from the plant which doesn't emit any CO2 it actually absorbs CO2. Norman Koch, Global Technical Director SEM, "What we see here in Sapeng at the Shell Eco-marathon, is that the minds are really, really fresh and some team s come with some really novel ideas which we've never thought of when we were designing the rules and regulations like the Pakistani team with a remote control car. This remove control car poses some problems regarding safety of steering, safety of braking but that can be overcome this may be an absolutely new and novel solution that many teams in Europe given their history may never think about. So this may be the first event in Asia, but the competitors are already thinking outside the box devising new technologies that may have long term effects on transport.