Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2011

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.

Engine 199

Engine Hybrid Wisconsin Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2009

The competition challenges university engineering students across North America to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal. In year two of the competition, teams incorporate their unique powertrains into the Saturn VUE.

Ohio 150

Ohio Universal 2009 Design 150

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

MAY 29, 2009

I met Jerry Asher last summer on his trip across America in Madison, Wisconsin. Besides presentations by the original folks involved with the Citicars, there was also a plastics repair demonstration (Citicars have Plastic bodies, like a Saturn) and "unofficial" events of driving laps and drag-racing.

DC 36

DC Wisconsin Saturn Maryland 36