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Inside the Green Garage

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Inside the Green Garage · 1d ago

EcoCAR 2 Announces Year One Winner: Mississippi State University

LOS ANGELES, CA–(May 24, 2012) – EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future today named Mississippi State University its 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 this week with $100,000 in prize mone
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Inside the Green Garage · 2d ago

Winners from the Outreach Awards Luncheon

Yesterday’s Outreach Awards Ceremony was the event Outreach Coordinators have been waiting for. Awards were given for Best Overall Outreach program, as well as awards for extra ingenuity in specific areas of the program. The Winners in each category were: 1st Place Overall Outreach Award – Universit
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Inside the Green Garage · 2d ago

The Sponsor Social at Year One Finals

Many people come to Hollywood to find their dreams. At the EcoCAR 2 Sponsor Social, students who are headed for graduation came prepared with resumes to talk with representatives from sponsoring organizations in an effort to land their dream jobs. The students met with the sponsors during an evening
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Inside the Green Garage · 3d ago

EcoCAR 2 Is Back in the New York Times!

Reporter Ken Belson wrote an excellent article about EcoCAR 2 for the New York Times last Friday. The article focuses on the fantastic opportunities available to EcoCAR competitors, both in gaining hands-on experience during the competition and in finding employment in the auto industry afterwards.
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Inside the Green Garage · 4d ago

EcoCAR 2 Teams Present HIL and Trade Show Evaluations

EcoCAR students have wrapped up the first part of the 2012 EcoCAR Competition and are ready to head into the final stretch of presentations! Over the last few days, teams presented their Controller Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL) and Trade Show Evaluations to industry and government sponsors. The Control
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Inside the Green Garage · 5d ago

From Student to Organizer: Q&A with Patrick Walsh

We sat down with Patrick Walsh of Argonne National Laboratory to hear about his first competition as an EcoCAR organizer. Q: What is it like being an organizer rather than a student at competition? A: It’s less stressful for sure. The bulk of the organizers’ legwork has been done in the weeks and mo
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Inside the Green Garage · 5d ago

Welcome to LA: A Look Inside Day One of Competition

The first day of Year One Finals is over as Competition gets into full swing in Los Angeles! Check out the video below to meet the teams and find out more about yesterday’s activities:
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Inside the Green Garage · 6d ago

Kicking Off the 2012 EcoCAR Competition with Welcome Night

The 2012 Year One EcoCAR 2 Competition has officially begun! More than 350 students and competition sponsors have arrived in Los Angeles, California, to begin the first year of the three-year series. Friday marked an eventful day of unpacking Trade Show displays and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) system
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Inside the Green Garage · 1w ago

Welcome to the Year One Competition!

Today marks the official start to the EcoCAR 2 Year One Competition! Over the next five days, 15 EcoCAR 2 teams will present upwards of 10 static presentations to more than 100 government and industry judges. In the end, one EcoCAR 2 team will be crowded the 1st Place winner of Year One. Year One [.
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Inside the Green Garage · 1W ago

Secretary Chu Visits Penn State

The Penn State EcoCAR 2 team recently had the privilege of meeting with the head honcho of the headline sponsor U.S. Department of Energy: The U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu! Chu spoke at Penn State’s Eberly College of Science Commencement on May 5th, 2012, and took time to meet with the t
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