Challenge X, the Green Car Challenge

So much is at stake. Our personal freedom is linked directly to the mobility that our transportation choices allow and the automobile is central to our way of life. Building on the success of more than two dozen advanced vehicle student engineering competitions promoted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Natural Resources Canada, and leading industry partners, DOE partnered with General Motors to sponsor the most ambitious project to date – Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility.
The 2007 Challenge X was the prove-out of a multi-year program that challenged seventeen universities from across the country to improve the efficiency and capabilities of a Chevrolet Equinox GM crossover, while minimizing the vehicle’s environmental impact. What makes the program so unique is the real-world structure the college teams encountered. Challenge X participants followed GM’s Global Vehicle Development Process (GVDP) to develop, engineer, and integrate advanced technology solutions into their team’s Equinox. These are the same processes they will follow after graduation and throughout their engineering careers.

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