Story by Jake Berg / EcoCAR communications manager / berg.206@osu.edu
The Ohio State University EcoCAR team won first place in the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One Competition. This is the sixth consecutive year that Ohio State won an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition.
The event marks the culmination of the first academic year of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, which has challenged 12 North American university teams to reengineer a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer utilizing electrification, advanced propulsion systems and SAE Level 2 automation to improve the energy efficiency, safety and consumer appeal of their vehicle for the carsharing market. The competition is headline sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and Mathworks, and managed by Argonne National Laboratory.
At the Year One Competition—which occurred May 19 through May 22 in Atlanta—each team presented their designs and simulation models to government and industry judges.
The team is supported by Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research, Sustainability Institute and Simulation, Innovation and Modeling Center, as well as Smart@OhioState. Additional supporters include the Ohio State College of Engineering and the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Integrated Systems Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dozens of industry sponsors also pave the way for the students’ successful efforts.
Read more about the successes of the EcoCAR team and the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition.
Jake Berg is a writing intern at Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research and a communications manager for Ohio State EcoCAR.