North America's Premier Collegiate Automotive Engineering Competition

Winner of 6 awards at the Year 3 Finals! Including Most Improved Team and 5th place overall!

Don't forget, the 2011 EcoCAR Summer Camp is July 10-14 for high school sophmores, juniors, and seniors.

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Watch this video to learn more about the team.

EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge is a new collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition (AVTC) which kicked off in the fall of 2008. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM), as well as by Natural Resources Canada and other industry leaders, EcoCAR challenges engineering students from universities across North America to re-engineer a GM vehicle, minimizing energy consumption, emissions, and greenhouse gases while maintaining the vehicle's utility, safety, and performance.

In EcoCAR, students will design, build, and integrate advanced propulsion technologies into their competition vehicles, which will be classified in categories similar to the vehicle categories from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) regulations. Students are encouraged to explore a variety of solutions, including electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell powertrains. In addition, they will incorporate lightweight materials, improve aerodynamics, and utilize alternative fuels such as ethanol, bio diesel, and hydrogen.