EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge

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.

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.

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.

*Taken From EcoCarChallenge.org

16 Schools Have Been Chosen from around North America

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL)
Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)
Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI)
Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, IN)
Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada)
University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)
West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

The schools listed above can be located on the map below and are identified by a blue tac. The map is interactive for locating the schools, as the navigation tools are conveniently located in the top-left corner of the screen.