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EcoCAR 3 competition to use Chevy Camaro as base vehicle

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General Motors is continuing its partnership with the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory for the EcoCAR 3 collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition. and will donate a Chevrolet Camaro to each one of the 16 universities that were recently selected for the exclusive competition. Colorado State University.

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Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

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University students from The Ohio State University earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the EcoCAR : The NeXt Challenge competition in Toronto, Canada for their design of a Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). Mississippi State University was awarded third place for its EREV, fueled by B20 biodiesel. Plug-in capability.

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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

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They have sometimes spoken of Jupiter as having an “energy crisis.” Such pulses of energy probably happen every few weeks on average, but it is hard to know exactly when. Wong/University of California, Berkeley/OPAL/ESA/NASA; Gemini Observatory/AURA/NSF/UC Berkeley; J. Wong/University of California, Berkeley/OPAL/ESA/NASA; J.

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US EPA Joins EcoCAR as Platinum Sponsor

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The EcoCAR competition, along with its headline sponsors—the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM)—challenges 17 universities across the US and Canada to redesign and reengineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to further minimize fuel consumption and reduce emissions. Earlier post.). Oge, Director of OTAQ.

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UW-Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team working with Engine Research Center to apply dual-fuel RCCI engines in series and parallel hybrids

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team will work with the UW-Madison Engine Research Center to test implementations of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) engines being developed by UW mechanical engineering professor Rolf Reitz and his colleagues. —Glenn Bower.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. The production of these tires uses less energy.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. But when he entered Stanford University later that year, he envisioned a career in mathematics, not computer science. and University College London. universities.

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