EcoCAR

On July 16th the first GM donated components arrived to Missouri S&T. They are the special floor pan from the Fuel Cell Equinox. Missouri S&T EcoCAR Team is working with the CAD files to adapt it for the Saturn VUE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8asAM_HnFtI

After and extraordinary performance the team move from position 11th to position 9th in Toronto Canada.You can see the pictures:

http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/ecocarphoto/gallery/Toronto-CN-Tower/G0000tXhSLjr.zZo/
http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/ecocarphoto/gallery/Teams/G0000uTOBg13bvBA/

We are going to keep working!

The last couple of days of been extraordinary. The team has attended sessions on vehicle controllers, powertrain cooling, aeromodifications among many other topics. We are attending training on our hardware in the loop hardware today which should be exciting.  

As you should know we will be working with a Saturn VUE donated by GM. Here is a link to a useful explanation of the Saturn VUE Green Line Hybrid

https://www.gmstc.com/FirstResponder.aspx

It was an excellent day!

http://news.mst.edu/2008/09/gm_day_at_missouri_st_is_oct_1.html

As many know, Jay Leno, is a very big car collector and also seems to be very interested in using alternative fuels (especially hydrogen). Because of this, he's added a few videos onto his website that we'd like to share.

Green Garage: Jay Leno finds green solutions to garage problems

The Hydrogen Road Tour made a stop at the E^3 Commons on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 to teach about how hydrogen powered vehicles work and the changes that they may be able to bring about in our world. To help them along in this, they brought along with them nine hydrogen powered vehicles and two mobile fueling stations. All in all, a great first event for the brand new commons.

The grand opening of our very own Hydrogen Fueling Station at the E^3 Commons on White Columns Dr. This marks the beginning of a very big step for the university as well as for the EcoCAR team and any subsequent competitions that may follow.

Read the full story here.

Welcome to the MS&T EcoCAR Team blog!
Here we will have various updates on different aspects of the work that goes into developing an alternative-powered vehicle from the perspectives of both students and faculty.

Also, make sure to check out our calender for event and meeting info.