Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions for Students

On the fifth day of the EcoCAR Year Three competition, students got to interact with national media and were paid a visit by Thomas Stephens, General Motors Vice-Chairman, Global Chief Technology.

Since 1987, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has sponsored more than 45 advanced vehicle technology competitions through Argonne National Laboratory. These competitions represent a unique coalition of government, industry and academic partners who have joined forces to explore sustainable vehicle solutions. Argonne organizes and operates these competitions to

• Accelerate the development and demonstration of technologies of interest to DOE and the automotive industry,
• Provide the automotive industry with a new generation of engineering leaders with highly desirable experience, and
• Help prepare the market to accept advanced vehicle technologies.

The current competition is EcoCAR2: Plugging into the Future.

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More

• EcoCAR 2 Announces Student Vehicle Architectures
• EcoCAR 2 vehicle architectures press release
• Siemens PLM Software to co-sponsor EcoCAR2
• Virginia Tech Wins EcoCAR Competition With an Extended-Range Electric Vehicle. Read the complete press release.
• Wall Street Journal: GM Scouts for Talent at EcoCAR Competition (June 10, 2011)
• EcoCAR 2 Kicks Off: Read the complete press release here. For more information, please visit the EcoCAR2 webpage, the EcoCAR2 website or e-mail ecocar2@anl.gov.
• View competition photos on Flickr

March 2012