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EcoCAR 2 Year One Winner: Mississippi State University

Green Car Congress

EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Mississippi State University, with its series-parallel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle design, the Year One winner at the EcoCAR 2012 Competition in Los Angeles. The 15 universities competing in EcoCAR 2 gathered for six days of judged competition for $100,000 in prize money.

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

Green Car Congress

Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, Calif. The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3 The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

Green Car Congress

Ohio State EcoCAR built a series-parallel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powered by E85. For the second leg of competition, teams headed to southern California for track events, including autocross, acceleration, and consumer appeal at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. This is OSU’s fourth consecutive win. kWh energy storage system.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. The chapter scheduled pre-events that stretched for nearly 3 weeks before NDEW began. The right folks Erb gave other reasons for the chapter’s success that predate the original NDEW event.

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

Green Car Congress

Mississippi State University was awarded third place for its EREV, fueled by B20 biodiesel. Students were encouraged to explore a variety of solutions including hybrid, plug-in hybrid, fuel cell, electric, and extended range electric vehicles. Tags: Conferences and other events Hybrids Plug-ins.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

Green Car Congress

At the end of each academic year, teams compete in more than two dozen static and dynamic events for top honors and $100,000 in cash prizes. Mississippi State University (Starkville, Mississippi). In Year Two teams incorporate their new powertrains, and in the final year, teams refine their vehicles to near-showroom quality.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

Clean Fleet Report

The Tucson, Santa Fe, Elantra and Sonata come as hybrid and/or plug-in hybrids, the Nexo is powered by electricity via a hydrogen fuel cell, and the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 are battery electric. In addition, we are often invited to manufacturer events highlighting new vehicles or technology. Hyundai gets electricity.

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