EcoCAR 2 team competes in Year Two Competition
College of Engineering students recently headed to GM’s Desert Proving Grounds to test their re-engineered 2013 Chevy Malibu in the EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future Year Two Competition, which is sponsored by General Motors (GM) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The students have been hybridizing the Malibu since June 2012.
The first portion of competition was in Yuma, Ariz. There, the team was the second team to complete and pass the emission and energy consumption portion of the event, which accounts for one-third of the total Year Two Competition score. WSU was the sixth team to finish all of the following rounds of competition: safety tech inspection, shake down, and on road safety evaluation, maximum lateral acceleration, acceleration and braking, and dynamics consumer acceptability.
The team traveled to San Diego, Calif., on Monday to participate in the practice presentation and education portions of the competition.
According to the EcoCAR 2 Green Garage Blog, the Year Two winner will be announced later today.
" I am extremely proud of what our EcoCar 2 team has managed to achieved through this competition. They have been unbelievably committed and dedicated, and have learned and grown so much along the way,” said College of Engineering EcoCar 2 advisor and Professor Jerry Ku, who, while at the competition’s faculty appreciation dinner, was named one of four faculty members to serve on the EcoCar 2 Faculty Advisory Board.
EcoCAR 2 team competes in Year Two Competition
College of Engineering students recently headed to GM’s Desert Proving Grounds to test their re-engineered 2013 Chevy Malibu in the EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future Year Two Competition, which is sponsored by General Motors (GM) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The students have been hybridizing the Malibu since June 2012.
The first portion of competition was in Yuma, Ariz. There, the team was the second team to complete and pass the emission and energy consumption portion of the event, which accounts for one-third of the total Year Two Competition score. WSU was the sixth team to finish all of the following rounds of competition: safety tech inspection, shake down, and on road safety evaluation, maximum lateral acceleration, acceleration and braking, and dynamics consumer acceptability.
The team traveled to San Diego, Calif., on Monday to participate in the practice presentation and education portions of the competition.
According to the EcoCAR 2 Green Garage Blog, the Year Two winner will be announced later today.
" I am extremely proud of what our EcoCar 2 team has managed to achieved through this competition. They have been unbelievably committed and dedicated, and have learned and grown so much along the way,” said College of Engineering EcoCar 2 advisor and Professor Jerry Ku, who, while at the competition’s faculty appreciation dinner, was named one of four faculty members to serve on the EcoCar 2 Faculty Advisory Board.