12TH ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION
The EcoCAR Versatility Test is the most recent DOE-supported Propelled Vehicle Innovation Rivalry (AVTC). The feature supports are the U.S. Division of Vitality, General Engines, and MathWorks, and the test is overseen by Argonne National Research facility.
EcoCAR is a university car rivalry went for building up a very gifted, local workforce by giving hands-on experience planning and working cutting edge portability answers for meet our country’s future vitality and versatility challenges. Partaking groups will apply propelled impetus frameworks, zap, SAE Level 2 robotization, and vehicle network to enhance the vitality productivity of a 2019 Chevrolet Jacket – all while adjusting variables, for example, emanations, wellbeing, utility, and purchaser worthiness. SAE Level 2 robotization alludes to a vehicle has joined mechanized capacities, similar to increasing speed and guiding, however the driver must stay connected with the driving errand and screen nature consistently.
EcoCAR groups will utilize locally available sensors and remote correspondence from the vehicles encompassing condition to enhance by and large activity proficiency in the associated urban condition of things to come.
General Engines will give each group a 2019 Chevrolet Coat, which they have four years to configuration, coordinate and refine into another, trend setting innovation, vitality productive portability answer for the carsharing market. Groups will pursue a certifiable vehicle improvement procedure to meet thorough specialized imperatives all through the four-year rivalry, which will deduce in the late spring of 2022.
To be successful, universities will need to recruit a diverse team of students and faculty, spanning many engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, computer and software engineering, as well as communications, marketing and project management. This multi-disciplinary emphasis imitates a real-world automotive industry environment and provides graduates the technical and leadership skills needed to enter the field fully prepared for careers that will help shape the energy and mobility industry for years to come.
The participating universities include:
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL)
Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)
McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)
West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
http://avtcseries.org
