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Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions
Since 1987, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has partnered with Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Transportation Research to sponsor 45 different college and high school Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions. These competitions
- Accelerate the development and demonstration of technologies of interest to DOE and the automotive industry
- Provide the automotive industry with a new generation of engineering leaders with highly desirable experience
- Help prepare the market to accept advanced vehicle technologies.
Focusing on engineering students at the graduate and undergraduate levels, these competitions target ultra-efficient vehicle designs, hybrid electric vehicles, and alternative-fuel vehicles for development, demonstration, and testing. They emphasize current or future vehicle technology; students work with production vehicles (donated by vehicle manufacturers) to improve their energy efficiency and to meet the toughest emissions standards while maintaining performance and functionality. Extensive data are collected to measure the real-world performance of advanced technologies and benchmark their developmental status.
The competitions represent a unique coalition of government and industry aimed at eliminating technical and institutional barriers to acceptance of advanced vehicle technologies and alternative fuels. The competitions are highly valued and supported by automotive manufacturers, suppliers, fuel providers, and the educational community. Auto industry experts judge events, interact with students, and compare technologies. Federal funding for the competitions is heavily leveraged by industry contributions.
The premier competition, FutureTruck, provides a way for engineering schools to participate in hands-on research and development with leading-edge automotive propulsion, fuels, materials, and emissions control technologies. The objectives of the competition are to explore and refine production-feasible advanced propulsion technologies that improve the efficiency of sport utility vehicles. At the same time, hundreds of the country's best young engineers are gaining invaluable experience developing and implementing the latest automotive technologies. The competitions continue to grow in sophistication and complexity.
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