EcoCAR Final SATURN Copy
EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge was a yearly competition from 2008 to 2011, that built on the 19-year history of United States Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC), advanced vehicle technology competitions by giving engineering students the chance to design and build advanced vehicles to demonstrate cutting-edge automotive technologies, with the goal of minimizing the environmental impact of future personal transportation. The DOE has again joined General Motors, General Motors (GM), the Government of Canada (Transport Canada, Natural Resources Canada), and other sponsors for this new competition series, named the EcoCAR Challenge. Argonne National Laboratory, a DOE research and development facility, will organize and operate the EcoCAR Challenge. Some previous types of advanced vehicle technology competitions include FutureTruck, FutureCar, and Challenge X. these type of competitions are usually supported by one or more o ...
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