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And the Winner of the EcoCAR 3 Year 4 Competition is…

The Ohio State University took home first place at the Year 4 Awards Ceremony last night! West Virginia finished in second place, and the University of Alabama took third. Energy Secretary ...

EcoCAR 3 Track Day Recap

Track Day at the Year 4 competition was held on May 17, and included not only teams and sponsors, but stakeholders from the community and even some very proud parents. The teams participated in ...

EcoCAR 3 Year 4 Events from GM Desert Proving Grounds in Yuma, AZ

The EcoCAR 3 teams just wrapped up 5 eventful days at the General Motors Proving Grounds in Yuma, AZ! The teams spent their time putting the final touches on their vehicles so they could pass ...

E&EC Overnight Event

The Emissions and Energy Consumption event is a 90 mile-long event that is designed to evaluate four key areas of student vehicles: energy consumption, tailpipe emissions, greenhouse gas ...

Interview with an EcoCAR 3 Acceleration Judge

We spoke with Nelson Wallace, who is a co-event captain and a judge for the Acceleration event this week at the General Motors Desert Proving Ground in Yuma. What is your job when you aren’t ...

Update from the Pits: Students Say

It’s Day 4 at the General Motors Desert Proving Grounds and the EcoCAR 3 teams are working hard on their vehicles. We went to the garage to talk to the students about what their experiences are ...

Year 4 Safety Tech Inspections

It’s Day 3 of Competition, and teams are excitedly passing Safety Tech Inspections one by one. So far, 8 teams have successfully completed the inspection required before they run any dynamic ...

Announcing the Top Six Pre-Competition EcoCAR Teams!

The EcoCAR 3 Year 4 competition is underway and over 300 students, organizers and sponsors have set up shop at the General Motors Desert Proving Grounds in Yuma, Arizona, where teams will test ...

Welcome to the Year 4 Competition!

For students traveling from across North America, the big day is finally here. It’s officially Day 1 of the EcoCAR 3 Final Competition. Four years ago, we challenged 16 schools to transform a ...

McMaster: ADAS Systems Are Go!

The McMaster EcoCAR3 team is proud to be at the forefront of automotive safety through the use of ADAS. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are an amalgamation of human-machine interface ...

MathWorks Sponsorship Inspires Penn State Innovation

Written by: Molly Jennings As a participant in EcoCAR 3, one of the most important instruments for the Penn State EcoCAR 3 team in creating, designing, and coding for the vehicle is from the ...

MathWorks Sponsorship Inspires Penn State Innovation

Written by: Molly Jennings As a participant in EcoCAR 3, one of the most important instruments for the Penn State EcoCAR 3 team in creating, designing, and coding for the vehicle is from the ...

ERAU Sponsor Spotlight: Snap-on Tools

Written by: Jessy Jaymes Law, ERAU Communications Manager Since 1920, Snap-on has been an innovative world leader in the automotive repair industry. Inventing the idea of interchangeable socket ...

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And the Winner of the EcoCAR 3 Year 4 Competition is…

And the Winner of the EcoCAR 3 Year 4 Competition is…

EcoCAR 3 Track Day Recap

EcoCAR 3 Track Day Recap

EcoCAR 3 Year 4 Events from GM Desert Proving Grounds in Yuma, AZ

EcoCAR 3 Year 4 Events from GM Desert Proving Grounds in Yuma, AZ

E&EC Overnight Event

E&EC Overnight Event

Interview with an EcoCAR 3 Acceleration Judge

Interview with an EcoCAR 3 Acceleration Judge

Update from the Pits: Students Say

Update from the Pits: Students Say

Year 4 Safety Tech Inspections

Year 4 Safety Tech Inspections

Announcing the Top Six Pre-Competition EcoCAR Teams!

Announcing the Top Six Pre-Competition EcoCAR Teams!

Welcome to the Year 4 Competition!

Welcome to the Year 4 Competition!

McMaster: ADAS Systems Are Go!

McMaster: ADAS Systems Are Go!

MathWorks Sponsorship Inspires Penn State Innovation

MathWorks Sponsorship Inspires Penn State Innovation

ERAU Sponsor Spotlight: Snap-on Tools

ERAU Sponsor Spotlight: Snap-on Tools