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Are you looking to Shape the Future of Mobility? Join the ev challenge!

With EcoCAR, you are participating in a high-profile, hands-on project where you’re following real-world processes and working in an interdisciplinary environment. This experience fuels your resume to help you get wherever you want to go.

With a multi-disciplinary approach, students of all majors are welcome to join the EcoCAR EV Challenge.

What does EcoCAR offer Students?

A key mission of AVTCs is to provide student enrichment and education through experiential learning and supplemental training. Through EcoCAR, students gain hands-on, real-world experience in the areas of engineering, business, and communications.

WHAT YOU'll GAIN IN EcoCAR:

  • Hands-on, project-based learning
  • Partnership with seasoned industry mentors and SMEs
  • Real-world Global Vehicle Development Process projects
  • Access to state-of-the-art testing facilities 
  • Leadership and management opportunities

Benefits of Competing in EcoCAR

The overall vision of EcoCAR is to provide an opportunity for university students to participate in hands-on automotive R&D at the leading edge of technology by using contemporary industry standards and practices.

  • Participation in a high-profile, hands-on project that mimics an automotive start up environment
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration with the university that broadens your knowledge and expertise
  • Unparalleled, experiential learning experience for students
  • Opportunities to gain real-world leadership skills: teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills; verbal and non-verbal communication; business and communications acumen
  • Funded graduate and undergraduate student support and travel to workshops and competitions
  • Top jobs with North America’s premier employers (EcoCAR graduates command higher starting salaries than their peers, $4K-15K/average depending upon degree)
  • Access to state-of-the-art testing facilities
  • Research opportunities and publications
  • Experience with a real-world vehicle development process and learn industry best practices, tools, standards and methods to prepare you for future careers in the mobility industry
  • Close collaboration with mobility leaders from industry and government
  • Research opportunities and publications

Each EcoCAR team will be comprised of sub-teams with different sets of goals, skillsets, and deliverables in order to achieve the overall goals of the competition.

LEARN ABOUT THE SUBTEAMS

Want to JOIN YOUR UNIVERSITY's EcoCAR TEAM?

Interested in learning more about how to get involved in EcoCAR? Fill out the form below and we can answer your questions!