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.
EcoCAR 2—which follows the competition series EcoCAR: The NeXt
Challenge—is a three-year competition sponsored by the US Department of
Energy (DOE), General Motors (GM) and 25 other government and industry
leaders to give students the opportunity to gain real-world automotive
engineering experience while striving to improve the energy efficiency
of a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu.
Year One of the competition series emphasized engineering design though
modeling and simulation to select and virtually test their plug-in
hybrid electric vehicle architecture. Teams also started developing
their hybrid control strategy using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
simulation tools and designing major vehicle subsystems, including
hybrid powertrain, energy storage, and high-voltage electrical systems.
Throughout the competition events in Los Angeles, EcoCAR 2 teams put
their designs to the test, giving presentations to industry and
government professionals based on their mechanical, electrical, control
and HIL strategies, project initiation approval, outreach and business
plans, and trade show display.
The Mississippi State University team produced top tier design reports,
won Best Facilities Inspection, Best Final Technical Report, Best
Project Initiation Approval Presentation, Best Trade Show Evaluation,
and Best Controls Presentation categories. The university started
competing nine years ago and has since taken first place three times
previously.
The second place team is The Ohio State, and University of Waterloo took third place overall.
Now that their vehicle architectures are finalized, the 15 teams also
received the keys to the GM-donated 2013 Chevrolet Malibu they will
spend the next two years rebuilding, testing and refining.
Sponsors, which have contributed a total of $745 million in software,
hardware and cash donations, include: General Motors; US Department of
Energy; Natural Resources Canada; MathWorks; California Air Resources
Board; Clean Cities; dSPACE, Inc.; A123 Systems, Inc.; Freescale; AVL
Powertrain Engineering, Inc.; National Science Foundation; ETAS; Snap-On
Tools; Magna E-Car Systems; Magna Powertrain; Robert Bosch, LLC;
FleetCarma; Siemens PLM Software; CD-adapco; Ventor CANtech, Inc.; GKN;
Blackberry; QNX; Woodward; Delphi Foundation; Caterpillar and Women in
the Winner’s Circle.
Source: Green Car Congress
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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