Michel Choi

An three year competition of 15 universities; two from Canada and the other from the Untied States. Convert a standard Chevrolet Malibu 2013 into a plug in hybrid.

Established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM), EcoCAR 2 builds upon a successful 23-year history of DOE Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) that exemplify the power of public/private partnerships in providing invaluable experience and training to promising, young minds entering the North American job market. EcoCAR 2 follows the widely acclaimed competition series EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge.

During the three-year program EcoCAR 2 teams will follow… Show more

Established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM), EcoCAR 2 builds upon a successful 23-year history of DOE Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) that exemplify the power of public/private partnerships in providing invaluable experience and training to promising, young minds entering the North American job market. EcoCAR 2 follows the widely acclaimed competition series EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge.

During the three-year program EcoCAR 2 teams will follow a real-world Vehicle Development Process (VDP) modeled after GM's VDP. The VDP serves as a roadmap for the engineering process of designing, building and refining their advanced technology vehicles. Following a VDP will give the teams an opportunity to improve their vehicles efficiency while retaining consumer acceptability, performance and safety.

The CSULA EcoCAR 2 team is building a Parallel through the Road Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The vehicle will have an E-85 engine in the front and an electric motor in the rear. The vehicle will also have a plug-in feature that allows the user to recharge the batteries. The lithium-ion battery pack provides 16.2 kWh to give the vehicle an electric-only range close to 40 miles. The parallel architecture is implemented by coupling the two powertrains through the road. In the charge depleting mode the vehicle is propelled by the rear-drive electric motor. Additional torque from the engine can be provided for acceleration and passing. In the charge depleting mode, the engine assures the traction and additional power to recharge the batteries by reversing the electric motor into generation. The two powertrains combine to produce power to the wheels as well as regenerative charging for the battery stack.

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Society of Automotive Engineers, Supermileage competition, is a unique experience for students of not only engineering and technology disciplines, but other areas of study as well, such as business and computer science.

The Supermileage competition is not a contest of speed and power, but of efficiency and maximum fuel economy. Students have the challenging task of designing a vehicle that can achieve the lowest fuel consumption possible, while maintaining a high level of safety and… Show more

Society of Automotive Engineers, Supermileage competition, is a unique experience for students of not only engineering and technology disciplines, but other areas of study as well, such as business and computer science.

The Supermileage competition is not a contest of speed and power, but of efficiency and maximum fuel economy. Students have the challenging task of designing a vehicle that can achieve the lowest fuel consumption possible, while maintaining a high level of safety and reliability. Show less

The Formula SAE competition is an annual competition developed by the
Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE. The competition is formulated to challenge students in nearly every aspect of engineering, from conceptualization to design then manufacturing. This process was developed to encourage creative and innovative thinking. Our team of student engineers is assuming the role of an engineering firm being contracted by a manufacturer to produce a prototype racecar for limited production.