Backgrounder: Future Ecocar Arrives At UVic

EcoCAR is a three-year competition that builds on the 20-year history of US Department of Energy (DOE) advanced vehicle technology competitions. It provides engineering students with the chance to design and build advanced vehicles that demonstrate leading-edge automotive technologies. General Motors provides vehicles, vehicle components, seed money, technical mentoring and operational support. Competition management, team evaluation, technical and logistical support is supplied by DOE and its research and development facility, Argonne National Laboratory.

The other 16 university teams competing in EcoCAR are: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Georgia Tech; Howard University; Michigan Technological University; Mississippi State University; Missouri University of Science and Technology; North Carolina State University; Ohio State University; Pennsylvania State University; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Texas Tech University; University of Ontario Institute of Technology; University of Waterloo; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Virginia Tech; and West Virginia University.

For more information visit: www.ecocarchallenge.org and www.green-garage.org.