Kevin McCaugherty is an engineering student at the University of Victoria and is helping to design a greener vehicle as part of the EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge. The EcoCAR Challenge is a three-year collegiate advanced vehicle technology engineering competition. Seventeen universities across North America have been tasked with exploring solutions to achieve improved fuel economy and reduced greenhouse gas emissions while still maintaining a high level of consumer acceptability. The UVic EcoCAR team will be given a 2009 Saturn Vue, which they will then turn into a hybrid vehicle. Using cutting-edge technology, the team will transform the vehicle to make it more sustainable and environmentally friendly. The University of Victoria was fortunate to be selected as one of only three universities in Canada to take part in this special competition sponsored by General Motors and the US Department of Energy. UVic's team is turning the Vue into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with an all-electric range. � Less