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class=bodytext><strong><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>More Info:</span></strong><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=bodytext><a href="http://www.green-garage.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=65 height=98 id="_x0000_i1030" src="images/green-garage-icon.jpg" alt="green garage image"></span></a><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.ecocarchallenge.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=99 height=30 id="_x0000_i1029" src="images/EcoCAR_logo.jpg"></span></a><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.doe.gov/" target="_blank"><span style='color:white; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=70 height=70 id="_x0000_i1028" src="images/DOE.gif"></span></a><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.gm.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:white; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=50 height=50 id="_x0000_i1027" src="images/GM.gif"></span></a><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/ecocar_challenge.html"><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=100 height=66 id="_x0000_i1026" src="images/Logos/Clean_Cities.jpg" alt="clean cities"></span></a><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:286.5pt'><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="content" --> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:0in;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in' background="images/header2.jpg"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> </div> <h1 id=siteName><span class=style11><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>Eco</span></span><span class=style21><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>CAR</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white;mso-themecolor: background1'>: The Ne<span class=style31><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor: background1'>X</span></span><span class=style41><span style='color:white; mso-themecolor:background1'>t Challenge </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <div> <p class=bodytext><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a Notice of Program Interest for North American colleges and universities with accredited engineering programs to compete for the opportunity to participate in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge - a new international collegiate vehicle engineering competition through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=bodytext><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>EcoCAR seeks to advance the level of vehicle technology capable of reducing petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while demonstrating the real-world performance of a range of technology options. Schools interested in receiving an RFP describing in detail the requirements for competing for one of the up to 16 available slots in EcoCAR are invited to express their interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=bodytext><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>The EcoCAR Challenge is a three-year competition that builds on the 19-year history of Department of Energy's advanced vehicle technology competitions by giving engineering students the chance to design and build advanced vehicles that demonstrate leading-edge automotive technologies. The goal of these technologies is to minimize the environmental impact of personal transportation and illustrating pathways to a sustainable transportation future. DOE has again joined General Motors (GM), 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=bodytext><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>*Taken From <a href="http://www.ecocarchallenge.org/"><span style='color:white; mso-themecolor:background1'>EcoCarChallenge.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=bodytext><strong><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>16 Schools Have Been Chosen from around North America</span></strong><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p class=bodytext><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL)<br> Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)<br> Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI)<br> Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)<br> Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)<br> North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)<br> Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)<br> Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)<br> Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN)<br> Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)<br> University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada)<br> University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)<br> University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)<br> University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)<br> Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)<br> West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=bodytext><span style='color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>The schools listed above can be located on the map below and are identified by a blue tac. 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