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What is the EcoCAR Challenge?The EcoCAR Challenge is a three-year competition that builds on the 19-year history of the Department of Energy (DOE) advanced vehicle technology competitions by giving engineering students the chance to design and build advanced vehicles that demonstrate leading-edge automotive technologies, with the goal of minimizing the environmental impact of personal transportation and illustrating pathways to a sustainable transportation future.The three-year competition involves converting a 2009 Saturn VUE into an hybrid, fuel cell, or electric vehicle while maintaining comfort and operation on the road. The first year of the competition involves designing and modeling a proposed vehicle architecture and related component selection. Year two begins with General Motors donating a new Saturn Vue to each school in the second year of the competition (Fall 2009). The second and third year involve integrating and improving the design proposed from year one. Check out the official EcoCAR Challenge website.

• Release Date

  Feb 25, 2009

• Runtime

  03:17