EcoCar Designs Unveiled at Washington Auto Show
Sunday, February 8th, 2009The future of motoring lies in the hands of people who will still be on hand in the future and these are the upstart students and kids today. And to prepare for that, most of them are putting great minds to work as we can see in the EcoCar designs lined up at the Washington Auto Show.
EcoCar is sponsored by the US Department of Energy and General Motors along with the California Air Resources Board. It is a three-year competition that gives engineering students the chance to design and build advanced vehicles with cutting edge automotive technologies.
Of the 17 teams participating in the challenge, eight produced extended range vehicles; six chose plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; one chose a full function electric vehicle; and two chose fuel cell plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
At the end of the competition, the vehicles will be judged on criteria including environmental impact, fuel consumption, consumer appeal, safety and quality of workmanship.
(Source) The Green Car Website
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