Natural Gas Vehicle Challenge - AVTC I Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions

Natural Gas Vehicle Challenge

Each year, university teams compete in a variety of static and dynamic events that range from oral presentations to on-road vehicle testing to communications and business tactics. These static and dynamic events are judged by industry sponsors and professionals, both throughout the year and in-person at the year-end competition.

Below includes more detail about event awards and winners:

1990-1991

1^st Place: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2^nd Place: Colorado State University
3^rd Place: Concordia University
4^th Place: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
5^th Place: California State University, Northridge

1991-1992

1^st Place: Concordia University
2^nd Place: General Motors Institute/Kettering
3^rd Place: University of Maryland
4^th Place: University of Toronto
5^th Place: Texas Tech University
Best Fuel Economy: Northwestern University
Best Emission: Northwestern University

1992-1993

1^st Place: Northwestern University
2^nd Place: Texas Tech University
3^rd Place: University of Texas, Austin
4^th Place: Old Dominion University
5^th Place: University of Maryland

AVTCs are extremely important and beneficial to students looking to become leaders in the automotive industry. When they get recruited out into the real world, they can hit the ground running and usually those are the leaders we see a decade later running the show.

– Mike Duoba

NGV Challenge Graduate,
Illinois Institute of Technology
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They’re all working together for a common goal. You get some of the best engineers. Your practical experience in the real world makes you a much, much better engineer.

– John Firment

Former NGV Challenge Organizer